Zbigniew Lukasiak wrote:
When there are some invalid values sent from a form - then the usual
custom is to redisplay the same form with the appriopriate error
messages. Thus the form needs to be redisplayed at it's own 'action'
address. Is it then a reasonable rule when writing a 'high level web
library/framework' to restrict the forms to always submit to their own
address?
Have you considered the case where the initial form is on a page, and
then submits to a script, which keeps calling itself from there? Maybe
this doesn't apply to your application.
e.g.
http://www.example.com/contact.html
has a search form on it, which points to:
http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/search.pl
My framework always submits to itself, but it's not for using in
situations such as the one above.
In general, I agree that forms will keep submitting to themselves, and
can't think of any exceptions other than the one mentioned above.
Cheers,
Nigel
