Using CGI with POST

[David Hobley]

Hello,

The form looks like this:

        <form method=GET
action="http://www.lineup.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi">

          <table align=center>
                <tr>
                  <td><input type=text name="terms" size=40></td>
                  <td><input type=submit value="Search!"></td>
                </tr>
          </table>
        </form>

I got the name wrong, I do look for "terms" in the cgi script.
There is only the one element posted.

Thanks.

PythonMaster wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
>         Could you give more information.
> 
>         There should be no difference between the POST and GET methods.
> 
>         What's the HTML for the FORM element? Are you 'posting' other
> elements than the one called name?
> 
> /B
> 
> On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, David Hobley wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I just knocked up a simple cgi script. It works fine if I
> > use the GET method on the form. However, if I try and POST
> > it, the script just hangs until it times out.
> >
> > Is there any special magic to make this work?
> >
> > The script does:
> >
> > form = cgi.FieldStorage()
> >      form_ok = 0
> >      if form.has_key("name"):
> >          if form["name"].value != "":
> >              form_ok = 1
> > ...
> >
> > but it hangs on the call to cgi.FieldStorage()
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > david                                 davidh at progmatics.com.au
> >
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-- 
Cheers,
david                                 davidh at progmatics.com.au

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