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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 01/15/07 10:33
Daz wrote:
> Tim Roberts wrote:
>
>>"Daz" <cutenfuzzy@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Is there any particular reason that you aren't using POST? Generally,
>>>GET is for getting data, and POST is for posting. Also, I believe that
>>>post encodes and escapes the data, too, so it will arrive as you'd
>>>expect it to.
>>
>>This is not true. GET and POST requests are both encoded, although they
>>use different schemes. With the exception of file uploads, there is
>>nothing you can send with POST that you cannot also send with GET.
>
> What I meant by encoded, was encrypted, I think I just chose the wrong
> word. I believe that POST requests are encrypted, whereas GET requests
> are simply just encoded into URL format.
>
Nope. POST requests are sent plain text. No encoding/encrypting at all.
>
>>HOWEVER, just because one can, doesn't mean one should. Your basic advice
>>is correct: POST should almost always be used for forms, because the URLs
>>get too large.
>>
>>
>>>My guess is that there is not URL code for the newline
>>>chracter, as it's a control code, and not meant to be visible.
>>
>>
>>Nope. That's not the problem. Another responder nailed it: you have to
>>tell the <textarea> that you want the newlines by saying <textarea
>>wrap="hard">. Otherwise, it assumes you don't want the newlines at all,
>>and discards them.
>
> Well, it was just a guess (as stated). But that is a useful piece of
> information to know of, and I was totally unaware of it. I personally
> feel it would have been better the other way round, wrap="hard" by
> default, as I think it's unlikely that you want the data in any format
> other than the format is was entered. Many, many thanks for your input.
>
> Daz.
>
No, I typically do not want the nl chars in the input data. That's
because I'm going to generally reformat it for display, anyway.
>>--
>>Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
>>Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
>
>
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