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timmbo

timmbo

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Hi all,

Trying to pass a Form parameter from onsubmit in IE to a servlet.

<Form Name=&quot;manageFavorties&quot; onSubmit=&quot;InfoReportServlet?action=1&quot;>

In IE, I receive an error wanting a : in place of the question mark. Doesn't : signify a port? Is my syntax for passing a parameter in IE correct? This works great in Netscape.

Any help would be appreciated.

Tim

 
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If you are using method=post then send your variable as a hidden input instead of as query string.

<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;action&quot; value=&quot;1&quot;>

Hope that helps. Dean Owen
 
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Thanks for the reply Dean.

What I am attempting to do is onsubmit, call a servlet with the default parameter action=1.

I tried this:

<Form Name=&quot;manageFavorties&quot; Action=&quot;InfoReportServlet?action=1&quot; Method=&quot;Get&quot;>

It didn't blow up on me. Will this submit the form for me???

As you can probably see, I am very new to this.


Thanks,
Tim
 
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Hard to tell. Try it and see. If it works, great. But the easiest way to pass a param via a form is the hidden input method.

Good luck.

Dean. Dean Owen
 
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If you have other values on the form that you also want to pass to the servlet, you'll need to use POST and the hidden field method. It's not a good idea to mix POST and GET, and most form submissions use POST.
Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.
 
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A form won't submit itself, if you want it to auto-submit, add the following into the body tag of the page:
Code: 
<body onload=&quot;javascript:document.forms['manageFavorties'].submit();&quot;>

-Scott
 
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Thanks for the help everyone. The suggestions are great.

Tim
 
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