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Do the code snippets below illustrate what is happening?
A form that looks like this (it could have been generated by a program)
<form action="/cgidev2p/testdual.pgm?data=something" method="post">
<input type="text" name="FromPost" value="PostData" size="10"
maxlength="10">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
Program testdual looks like this:
C eval nbrVars =
C zhbgetinput(savedquerystring:qusec)
C eval frompost = ZhbGetVar('frompost')
savequerystring contains "data="
frompost contains "FromPost"
savedquery string should contain data=something.
If this is the case, this is an http server bug. I'll report it to
development.
In the meantime, you can circumvent it by adding an & to the end of the
data and then trimming it off in the CGI program. For example:
<form action="/cgidev2p/testdual.pgm?data=something&" method="post">
C eval i = %len(savedquerystring)
C if if i > 0 and
%subst(savedquerystring:i:1)='&'
C eval savedquerystring =
%subst(savedquertystring:1:i-1)
C endif
Mel Rothman
CGIDEV2 Author
IBM Rochester
"Christopher A. Libby" wrote:
>
> As a side note, I tried two tests. I first changed the form method to GET
> and included a hidden field (func) in the form. The program worked as
> expected. Second, with the new form I changed the method back to POST. The
> program again worked as expected. Can I just not mix GET and POST in the
> same web page?
>
> -Chris
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Christopher A. Libby, Programmer/Analyst
> Maine Public Service Company (www.mainepublicservice.com)
> clibby@mainepublicservice.com (207) 768-5811 ext. 2210
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Christopher A. Libby [mailto:clibby@mainepublicservice.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 3:43 PM
> > To: WEB400@midrange.com
> > Subject: RE: Mixing GET and POST Methods
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the help. I've made the changes and updated the
> > service program. I also restarted the server, but I still get
> > the same problem. I think I may have mistated my question
> > earlier. I'm using the GET method to direct my program to the
> > correct subroutine, and the POST method the transmit form data.
> > To setup a new account, I use GET to direct my program to the
> > NEWACCT2 subroutine, and POST to transmit the form information to
> > the program. Below is the main program, and the program seems to
> > fail at the point where it tries to extract Function from
> > savedquerystring, whose value is "func=". The URL submitted to
> > the server is "http://.../weblibp/webcusinq.pgm?func=vrfyacct".
> >
> >
> > *--------------------------------------------------------------------
> > * START Main Progam
> >
> > *--------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > * initialize the program
> > C Exsr Init
> >
> > * turn debugging on or off - see JobDebugIndicator
> > C callp wrtjobdbg(JobDebugInd)
> >
> > * read in HTML source file
> > C Exsr LoadHTML
> >
> > * get user input
> > C eval nbrVars =
> > zhbgetinput(savedquerystring:qusec)
> >
> > C callp
> > updHTMLVar('COMPANY':company:InitHTMLVars)
> > C callp
> > updHTMLVar('SITETITLE':sitetitle:ChgHTMLVars)
> > C callp
> > updHTMLvar('BASEHREF':basehref:chgHTMLvars)
> > C callp wrtsection('header')
> >
> > * if no parameters, show login screen
> > C If nbrVars = 0
> > C Exsr ShowLogin
> > C Eval GetOut = '1'
> > C EndIf
> >
> > * populate session datastructure
> > C eval Function = zhbgetvar('func')
> > Function
> > C eval SessionID =
> > zhbgetvar('sessionid') SessionID
> > C eval ErrorID = zhbgetvar('error')
> > Error Msg
> >
> > C If ErrorID <> *Blanks
> > C Exsr ShowLogin
> > C Eval GetOut = '1'
> > C EndIf
> >
> > C If GetOut = '0'
> > C Select
> > C When Function = 'newacct'
> > C Exsr NewAcct
> > C When Function = 'vrfyacct'
> > C Exsr NewAcct2
> > C When Function = 'auth'
> > C* Exsr Authenticate
> > C When Function = 'main'
> > C* Exsr RetrieveSession
> > C* Exsr ShowMain
> > C Other
> > C eval ErrorID='errGen1'
> > C exsr ShowLogin
> > C EndSl
> > C EndIf
> >
> > C callp updHTMLVar('DISCLAIMER':sitetitle:
> > C ChgHTMLVars)
> > C callp wrtsection('footer')
> > C callp wrtsection('*fini')
> >
> > C EndAll Tag
> > C Return
> >
> > *--------------------------------------------------------------------
> > * END Main Progam
> >
> > *--------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > Christopher A. Libby, Programmer/Analyst
> > Maine Public Service Company (www.mainepublicservice.com)
> > clibby@mainepublicservice.com (207) 768-5811 ext. 2210
> >
> >
>
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