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What do you mean by "redering it useless"?  That could mean
the button doesn't do anything, or it calls your CGI
program but errors, etc.

It could be an issue with your HTML form or how your CGI
app is handling the request.

Brad

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:23:34 -0500
 Shane_Cessna@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I have a CGI program that's acting funny...
> 
> if I put method="get" in my <form> tag, my submit button
> won't 
> work...however, if i change it to method="post", it
> works...why is this? 
> Is there any reason why a method="get" would render a
> <input type="submit" 
> value="submit"> tag useless as opposed to a method="post"
> tag making the 
> button work?
> 
> Shane Cessna  
> iSeries Programmer
> iSeries WAS Administrator
> North American Lighting, Inc.
> (618) 662-4483 x2776
> shane_cessna@xxxxxxx 

Bradley V. Stone
BVS.Tools
www.bvstools.com

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