[Seaside] POST fields vs GET fields

[Richard Durr]

Create two hidden fields, one named _s and one named _k. Put their
values which would normally go in the URL into these hidden fields.
Maybe that works.

RD

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Randal L. Schwartz
<merlyn at stonehenge.com> wrote:
>>>>>> "Miguel" == Miguel Enrique Cobá Martinez <miguel.coba at gmail.com> writes:
>
> Miguel> I found that this is the point where the fields are lost:
>
> WAKom> fieldsOf: aKomRequest
> Miguel>         ^aKomRequest method = 'POST'
> Miguel>                 ifTrue: [ aKomRequest postFields ]
> Miguel>                 ifFalse: [ aKomRequest getFields ]
>
> [...]
>
> Miguel> Or is this forbidden by some RFC standard
>
> The most common CGI parser in the world, CGI.pm, has this to say:
>
>    It is possible for a script to receive CGI parameters in the URL as well
>    as in the fill-out form by creating a form that POSTs to a URL containing
>    a query string (a "?" mark followed by arguments). The param() method will
>    always return the contents of the POSTed fill-out form, ignoring the URL's
>    query string. To retrieve URL parameters, call the url_param() method. Use
>    it in the same way as param(). The main difference is that it allows you
>    to read the parameters, but not set them.
>
>    Under no circumstances will the contents of the URL query string interfere
>    with similarly-named CGI parameters in POSTed forms. If you try to mix a
>    URL query string with a form submitted with the GET method, the results
>    will not be what you expect.
>
> I trust Lincoln Stein to be following some official guideline on this, but he
> doesn't quote it, unfortunately.
>
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