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Steven Lott
s_lott at yahoo.com
Fri Apr 5 06:30:37 EST 2002
Short version: get puts form arguments into the URL post puts form arguments into a stream that can be read by Apache/Modpython. Generally, GET is a bad idea - form data needs to be encoded to prevent problems creating a URL - there are limitations on size. Always use POST - no encoding, no size limitations. GET is the basic URL -> page loop in HTTP. It is used for simple non-form requests. POST should always be used for form data. --- sandor.kopanyi at mailbox.hu wrote: > [...] > > the <form tag is a way of telling the browser how to lay out > a form > > > > the GET method is a way to tell the HTTP server what you are > after > > > > the POST method is a way to give the HTTP server information > > > > browsers linking forms to POST/GET requests is an end user > convenience > > > > your code *must* accept that some or all of the fields will > > not be included for I may manually type > > > > http://www.ewwef.com/page.html?var1=hello&var2=goodbye > > > > Also how would you discriminate between a page request and a > > > submission if you expected > > > > http://www.ewwef.com/page.html?var1=&var2= > > > > the solution to the poster's problem is a wrapper to his > > function that checks the parameters for validity (soemthign > > he shoudl be doing anyway!) > > Thanks Matt, > I'm doing anyway param. checking, I just was curious to > understand, > why and what... Important is that now it works. BTW: do you > know > some good intro about GET/POST? Of course, one can read the > RFC > (and it should do it!), but a tutorial always helps... The > ones > I found focus on HTML, not on GET/POST. > > Best regards, > Sandor > Thanks Matt, > > -------------------------------------------------- > http://www.mailbox.hu - Mert levelezni kell... > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mod_python mailing list > Mod_python at modpython.org > http://www.modpython.org/mailman/listinfo/mod_python ===== -- S. Lott, CCP :-{) S_LOTT at YAHOO.COM http://www.mindspring.com/~slott1 Buccaneer #468: KaDiMa Macintosh user: drinking upstream from the herd. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/
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