Form Example #1

Things you may want to note:

• Characters like "&", "%", and "$" in the text typed into the text entry field are automatically escaped (into hex form: a percent sign followed by a two-digit hex value corresponding to the ASCII value of the character) when the query is constructed. For example, the string "&%$" becomes "%26%25%24".

• By default, an INPUT tag corresponds to a text entry field. The TYPE attribute lets you change this -- the "submit" type indicates a special pushbutton that causes the query to be submitted when it's pushed. Other types are demonstrated in the other examples.

• Because this fill-out form contains only a single text entry field, the query can be submitted (Mosaic for X only) by pressing return in the text entry field (as well as by pressing the "Submit Query" button).

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