> Thanks for the insight, Dave. I've just always used POST,
> and I know there are some cases when you want to use GET, but
> I'm not clear on why. What's the difference? (In practical
> terms, that is).
If you're passing small amounts of data back to the server, a GET request is
simpler for that server to process. All the information is sent in the HTTP
request header with a GET request; a POST request sends the data in the HTTP
response body, and the server has to process POSTed data a bit differently.
In all honesty, I don't know whether there's a measurable performance
difference with this, but as an example, if you use the Search option on
Yahoo, it'll send the data via the URL.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
voice: (202) 797-5496
fax: (202) 797-5444
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
To Unsubscribe visit
http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a
message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
