- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 17:43:29 -0500
- To: Russell Hires <rhires@earthlink.net>
- CC: www-html-editor@w3.org
Russell Hires wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm attempting to learn HTML and the various incarnations of it (scripting, > etc.) and I'm stuck on the "Forms" discussion, about the difference between > 'get' vs 'post' vs 'submit'. It isn't very useful to define something using > the same word that you are defining. 'Get' gets the info, 'submit' submits > it. This is not at all helpful. What does "submit" do? How do you contrast > that with "post"? And how is that different from "get"? I don't know after > reading the 4.0 draft. You might find some additional information in the HTML 2.0 specification [1], section 8.2. - Ian [1] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1866.txt -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel: +1 831 457-2842 Cell: +1 917 450-8783
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