METHOD

METHOD is a an attribute of the HTML <FORM> tag that is used to call a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) program and tell a browser whether to perform a GET or a POST with the service requested by the ACTION attribute's URL. The syntax for the attribute is METHOD=("GET"|"POST") with POST being the preferred method.

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Print References:

• HTML for Dummies by Ed Tittel and Steve James. IDG Books. Foster City, CA. 1995. (ISBN 1-56884-330-5)
• Foundations of World Wide Web Programming with HTML and CGI by Ed Tittel, Mark Gaither, Sebastian Hassinger & Mike Erwin. IDG Books. Foster City, CA. 1995. (ISBN 1-56884-703-3)

W3E References:

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