Interesting question Calvin. Here is a off the head answer. For a full explaination of this, you need to refer to the http protocol[s], and then see how it works in the real world .. which are not the same thing..
AFIAK, The http protocol specfies these details as "should" and "may", which basically means you can do it, but there "may" be side affects. The http protocol specifies that the action attribute should contain a URI, either a relative URI or an absolute URI, A URI may contain a "query" ,so having a query string in a action should be ok. One thing to note however is the "side effects" of using a GET; In the early day, it was specifed that servers could cache GETs but not POSTs, however due to the way GET was used in the real world this was changed, from the RFC 2068; ["such URLs" below refers to GET containing a query] "caches MUST NOT treat responses to such URLs as fresh unless the server provides an explicit expiration time" So, in summary, it "works", but its not "guaranteed" to work by the protocol. Ah, life on the web ... WG -----Original Message----- From: Calvin Ward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 June 2003 11:06 To: CF-Talk Subject: GET/POST, forms and query strings... Here's another oddball question. What are the advantages and/or disadvantages of using mixed methods when submitting a form? In otherwords, would doing the following be considered good, bad, or indifferent, and if not indifferent, why? <form action="dothis.cfm?thisID=1&thisType=myType" method="post" ....> <input type="text" name="someField"> <input type="file"..... .... </form> Calvin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
