> Is there a disadvantage to using form post over hyperlinks.
> I am referring
> to situations where you can just as easily do a hyperlink and
> pass a value
> through the url. My mind tells me that having navigation on
> an entire site
> will be a slower site.
Never done any testing, but I very much doubt if there would be any
difference in the speed of navigation.
The browser will make a request that is processed by the server and display
the page that's returned, whether you're posting form variables or clicking
on a hyperlink. The server doesn't care if it sees any variables passed to
it as form. scoped or url. scoped.
However, I would have thought it would be quicker to code URL query strings
in your .cfm templates than several lines of hidden form inputs each time.
Plus closing FORM tags create a small area of whitespace beneath them. That
could mess up your front-end design.
On the whole, for navigation, use hyperlinks. Use forms when you're
requesting information from the user and for "Click here to pay for your
goods" type links.
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