Gernot, The answer is both. The HTML FORM spec as well as URI spec permit multiple parameters with the same name. Likewise the servlet API can return an array of values for any given parameter name:
http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/2.3/javadoc/javax/servlet/ServletRequest.html#getParameterValues(java.lang.String) Hope this helps Oleg On Fri, 2005-03-11 at 22:18 +0100, Pfingstl Gernot wrote: > This question may be off topic, because it relates http-client only > indirectly, but I know here are experts who (maybe) has a answer - I read > several RFCs but I didn't get a answer: > > If a HTML form is posted, the form data is send in the request body and not > in the query portion of the URI - within a form GET the form data is send in > the query portion of the URI. That's clear, but: > I have build a reverse proxy with http-client and the reverse proxy has now a > problem with a webpage in which is a html form like <form > action="index.php?123" method="post">. If the form is posted there is a query > string within the URI and the form data is in the request body - is this > allowed? How had a server to interpret a post with URI /index.php?name=abc > and in the post data (request body) is also a field "name". Which matches? > > Gernot > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
