[thelist] (parameters & ASP)

Ken Kogler ken.kogler at cph.org
Thu May 30 13:59:01 CDT 2002


> So changing the method from "post" to "get" will still write
> the results to the database the same way it always has but will
> also send the elaborated URL to the log file?

Well, no.

The only difference between POST and GET is how it passes the information
from page A to page B. If you use POST, all the information from the form is
passed via the HTTP headers, which is invisible to the end user.

If you use GET, all the information from the form is appended onto the URL
as the querystring.

To access it, if you used POST, you'd use <% request.form("fieldName") %>

With GET, it's <% request.queryString("fieldName") %>

However, in your case, since you're using the shorthand form - <%
request("fieldName %> - it will still work. Changing the form from POST to
GET should take care of this for you.

-Ken




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