Posted by Martin Jay on 04/30/06 00:12

In message <MEP4g.54930$d5.209289@newsb.telia.net>, Luigi Donatello
Asero <jaggillarfotboll@telia.com> writes
>"Martin Jay" <martin@spam-free.org.uk> skrev i meddelandet
>news:vj+XMzI9E8UEFwM+@spam-free.org.uk...
>> In message <P5P4g.54926$d5.209300@newsb.telia.net>, Luigi Donatello
>> Asero <jaggillarfotboll@telia.com> writes
>> >"Martin Jay" <martin@spam-free.org.uk> skrev i meddelandet
>> >news:6XmSBtGe27UEFw9Z@spam-free.org.uk...

>> >> It's a bit basic, and you might want to think about what should happen
>> >> if someone enters a name that doesn't exist.

>> >What do you think it would happen?

>> It depends how the server is configured: visitors may get a 'server not
>> found' error, a 404 error, a default page, or maybe something else.
>>
>> The script could be modified to deal with unexpected names, either by
>> looking names up in a database or checking them against a list. Or they
>> could be hard-coded into it. :(

>Do you mean that if an user should fill in a form like this
>https://www.scaiecat-spa-gigi.com/sv/formularet.html
> and write a name
>which does not exist, this user would get a 404 error?!

Swedish? Unfortunately the English version of the page isn't available
yet. :(

My comments were not about forms in general, but specifically about the
setup described by AtomicBob at the beginning of the thread.
--
Martin Jay

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