[Seaside] POST fields vs GET fields

[Richard Durr]

ah okay. ^^

2010/3/17 Miguel Enrique Cobá Martinez <miguel.coba at gmail.com>:
> El mié, 17-03-2010 a las 23:17 +0100, Richard Durr escribió:
>> 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.
>>
> Yes, that is the way that the forms in Seaside work, by adding the _s
> and _k values as hidden inputs in the form. And the action url only has
> the url and not a query string.
>
> The problem is that I don't have control over the external app, that
> only ask for a return url for posting some data in return.
> :)
>
> Cheers
>> 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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