can a forms action url contain querystring values?

+2 Q:

+2 A:

Yes, it can.

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Matti Virkkunen 2010-09-03 21:54:34

I bet this will be a looong answer. Matti has been typing for 16 minutes now ;)

Fredrik Mörk 2010-09-03 22:11:16

Yeah, couldn't find anything in the HTML Spec regarding appending QS params along with `POST`ed form data. Awaiting Matti's findings...

Alexander 2010-09-03 22:17:10

@Alexander: don't stay up; it's way past midnight in Finland by now. I'll check back in tomorrow.

Fredrik Mörk 2010-09-03 22:31:00

@Fredrik I'm still waiting here in South Fla, USA. Got 5-1/2 hrs to midnight ;)

Alexander 2010-09-03 22:32:42

I've just checked using a reduced test case:

Form.htm that contains a form with an action of default.aspx?query=1 and a submit button.
default.aspx that contains code in Page_Load to write out Request.QueryString["query"]

The result I got when clicking on the button was a page that read:

1

So, the answer is yes.

Rob 2010-09-03 21:57:28

Change to Method="GET" to pass the insensitive data to the server...

Review this to get a handle on the topic...

Alexander 2010-09-03 21:58:58

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