Thanks for that response WG, it certainly got me thinking... To provide more information, we are experiencing the particular issue where certain browsers on certain operating systems will submit double values for form fields and it will be interpreted by certain middleware products (ColdFusion 5, maybe MX) as such, apparently when there is a query string being submitted with form fields.
This lead to a discussion on the possibility for a methodology change in the way we do things. The browser (IE 5) and OS (Win 95/98) are of course going to continue to decrease in their share, but going forward, we wanted to ensure best practices, which is why I asked the question in an open ended fashion, to get a bigger picture of that scenario... I'd love to hear any other thoughts. Calvin ----- Original Message ----- From: "webguy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 8:37 AM Subject: RE: GET/POST, forms and query strings... > 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
