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HTML forms - input type submit problem with action=URL when URL contains index.aspx....

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Put the query arguments in hidden input fields:

<form action="http://spufalcons.com/index.aspx"&gt;
    <input type="hidden" name="tab" value="gymnastics" />
    <input type="hidden" name="path" value="gym" />
    <input type="submit" value="SPU Gymnastics"/>
</form>

Gumbo 2009-12-29 22:55:07

Annie 2009-12-29 22:56:12

@Annie: The `method` attribute is not required; `method="get"` is implied.

Gumbo 2009-12-29 23:07:22

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Trent 2009-12-30 14:41:42

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Response deleted by owner.....

Trent 2009-12-30 15:05:36

Answer 4

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This appears to be my "preferred" solution:

<form action="www.spufalcons.com/index.aspx?tab=gymnastics&path=gym" method="post">  <div>
<input type="submit" value="Gymnastics"></div>

Sorry for the presentation format - I'm still trying to learn how to use this forum....

I do have a follow-up question. In looking at my MySQL database of URL's it appears that ~30% of the URL's will need to use this post/div wrapper approach. This leaves ~70% that cannot accept the "post" attribute. For example:

<form action="http://www.google.com" method="post">
  <div>
    <input type="submit" value="Google"/>
  </div></form>

does not work. Do you have a recommendation for how to best handle this get/post condition test. Off the top of my head I'm guessing that using PHP to evaluate the existence of the "?" character in the URL may be my best approach, although I'm not sure how to structure the HTML form to accomplish this.

Thank YOU!

Trent 2009-12-30 15:22:01

Answer 5

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I applied CSS styling to an anchored HREF attribute fully emulating the push button behaviors I needed (hover, active, background-color, etc., etc.). HTML markup is much simpler a-n-d eliminates the get/post complexity associated with using a form-based approach.

<a class="GYM" href="http://www.spufalcons.com/index.aspx?tab=gymnastics&amp;path=gym"&gt;Gymnastics&lt;/a&gt;

Trent 2010-01-01 22:08:49

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