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> The annoyance may be trivial, but the problem isn't. This is a major problem > with "Web 2.0" approaches. And, as a programmer, you're very much limited in > your use of GET: multiple step forms (e.g., wizards) and form inputs that > accept large datasets (e.g., textarea tags) can't easily be placed/replicated > in a single URI. You'll end up needing to store steps and data somewhere. > But, if the endpoint is all that matters, simply store the results in a > temporary file and link to that. > Yes, this very much depends on the type of service being provided as a computed result rather than a database lookup doesn't need to be stored on the server. Getting a text or xml response from a POST request fixes most problems and you may be able to describe a POST more easily than navigating a GUI in any case. I would also mention that, having used Coldfusion, it can be hard to generate text from a a server-provided html result in some cases. So, depending on what you are using server side, there could be some effort in extracting the information from the formatting but even with the rather extreme case of CF it is usually only a few more lines of code. > Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:24:26 -0400 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BiO BB] Advanced web query interfaces for biological databases _________________________________________________________________ Use video conversation to talk face-to-face with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_video_042008 _______________________________________________ BBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/bbb
