Posted by Michael Fesser on 01/15/07 11:54

..oO(Tim Roberts)

>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.

It's also a security issue. Using plain links to change or delete
something on the server can become a problem or even a security risk.

>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">.

That's no HTML.

I've tested Opera, FF, IE and Lynx - all browsers send correct line
breaks from a textarea, regardless of the used method (GET or POST).

Using GET and a simple

| test1
| test2
|
| test3

the line breaks are sent as URL-encoded "\r\n":

....&textfield=test1%0D%0Atest2%0D%0A%0D%0Atest3&...

Micha

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