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[Hul Tytus]

comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html
multiple submits

When multiple submit lines are placed in an HTML form, the string returned
to the server shows the name=value field for each one with no obvious way
to determine which one was actually clicked/pressed. ie, all are returned.

Does anyone know how to implement multiple submit lines and tell which one
was clicked?

Google's home page shows two submit lines for their "Google search" and "I'm
Feeling Lucky" selections, but how a server seperates them, isn't apparent.

Hul

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[Harlan Messinger]

Hul Tytus wrote:

comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html
multiple submits

When multiple submit lines are placed in an HTML form, the string returned
to the server shows the name=value field for each one with no obvious way
to determine which one was actually clicked/pressed. ie, all are returned.

What is a "submit line"? Do you mean "submit button"? Only the button
that was clicked is returned to the server.

Example:

<form action="multisubmit.asp" method="post">
<p>
<input type="text" name="text1" value="Hello">
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" name="button1" value="Push 1">
<input type="submit" name="button2" value="Push 2">
<input type="submit" name="button3" value="Push 3">
</p>
</form>

I click button2. The string sent is:

text1=Hello&button2=Push+2

[Hul Tytus]

By submit line I meant submit button, as you surmized. The result that a
Lynx browser caused was, in reference to your example,
....&button1=press1&button2=press2&button3=press3" .

Any idea of what in the html code would causes this? Perhaps this typical
of the Lynx browser?

Hul

Harlan Messinger <hm*******************@comcast.net> wrote:

Hul Tytus wrote:

comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html
multiple submits

When multiple submit lines are placed in an HTML form, the string returned
to the server shows the name=value field for each one with no obvious way
to determine which one was actually clicked/pressed. ie, all are returned.

What is a "submit line"? Do you mean "submit button"? Only the button
that was clicked is returned to the server. Example: <form action="multisubmit.asp" method="post">
<p>
<input type="text" name="text1" value="Hello">
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" name="button1" value="Push 1">
<input type="submit" name="button2" value="Push 2">
<input type="submit" name="button3" value="Push 3">
</p>
</form> I click button2. The string sent is: text1=Hello&button2=Push+2

[Harlan Messinger]

Hul Tytus wrote:

By submit line I meant submit button, as you surmized. The result that a
Lynx browser caused was, in reference to your example,
...&button1=press1&button2=press2&button3=press3".

Any idea of what in the html code would causes this? Perhaps this typical
of the Lynx browser?

Hul
Please don't top-post. As you can see, writing out of order makes it
hard to follow the conversation.

It's strange, because my Lynx on Windows sends the same string as my
Firefox did earlier.

Harlan Messinger <hm*******************@comcast.net> wrote:

Hul Tytus wrote:

comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html
multiple submits

When multiple submit lines are placed in an HTML form, the string returned
to the server shows the name=value field for each one with no obvious way
to determine which one was actually clicked/pressed. ie, all are returned.

What is a "submit line"? Do you mean "submit button"? Only the button
that was clicked is returned to the server.

Example:

<form action="multisubmit.asp" method="post">
<p>
<input type="text" name="text1" value="Hello">
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" name="button1" value="Push 1">
<input type="submit" name="button2" value="Push 2">
<input type="submit" name="button3" value="Push 3">
</p>
</form>

I click button2. The string sent is:

text1=Hello&button2=Push+2

[Hul Tytus]

Harlan - thanks again for the info. The cause turned out to be the code on
the server that recieved the string. By the time the string was put on the
disk, the other submit buttons had been added.

Hul

Harlan Messinger <hm*******************@comcast.net> wrote:

Hul Tytus wrote:

comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html
multiple submits

When multiple submit lines are placed in an HTML form, the string returned
to the server shows the name=value field for each one with no obvious way
to determine which one was actually clicked/pressed. ie, all are returned.

What is a "submit line"? Do you mean "submit button"? Only the button
that was clicked is returned to the server. Example: <form action="multisubmit.asp" method="post">
<p>
<input type="text" name="text1" value="Hello">
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" name="button1" value="Push 1">
<input type="submit" name="button2" value="Push 2">
<input type="submit" name="button3" value="Push 3">
</p>
</form> I click button2. The string sent is: text1=Hello&button2=Push+2