submit button works on web but not when sent as email

[geerae]

I've got a procedure updating some table columns in a database. The code below updates as expected when viewing the page in a web browser. I've been asked to send the page in html to a client using outlook XP but when they click on the "Approve" button the procedure is not being updated. Is there a difference in how to submit the procedure from a email client vs. a web browser?

<FORM action=&quot;

http://mydevbox/pls/webtest/kes_afe.update_afe?&quot;

method=&quot;POST&quot;>
<INPUT type=hidden name=&quot;p_afe&quot; value=&quot;123456800&quot;>
<INPUT type=submit name=&quot;p_status&quot; value=&quot;Approve&quot;>
<INPUT type=hidden name=&quot;p_user&quot; value=&quot;DLATCH&quot;>
</FORM>

Thanks for any help,
geerae

 

[tviman]

In the web page you're sending to your client (via email), what is the &quot;Approve&quot; button? If it's not performing the EXACT SAME action as the submit button on your form, then the form doesn't know what to do. There's always a better way...

 

[geerae]

The code above creates the submit button labeled &quot;Approve&quot; and has exactly the same code behind it as when it was in the web page.