Posted by Rik Wasmus on 11/21/07 10:10

On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:13:41 +0100, John Dunlop <john@dunlop.name> wrote:

> axlq:
>
>> I got so into the habit of forms using the POST
>> method that I forgot you could use GET as well.
>
> If your action does not change a resource (e.g., a database query),
> GET would generally be more appropriate.
>
> http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/whenToUseGet.html

Don't know what's in the link, I always some it up like this:
- GET is for bookmarkable displaying of data.
- POST is for altering data (add/alter/remove), or performing actions
(mailing, document creation, etc.).
--
Rik Wasmus

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