RE: [Webware-discuss] WebKit Request Fields Error

[Geoffrey T. <gta...@na...>]

Tim Payne wrote:
> On Monday, April 15, 2002, at 06:27  PM, Karl Putland wrote:
> 
> > Should probably put the fields as
> >
> > ...
> > <input type="hidden" name="<%=fieldname%>" value="<%=fieldvalue%>"
> > />
> >
> > on your login form.  I don't think that posting a form with a
> > querystring as its action is exactly legal.  Different browsers may
> > interpret it diferently.
> 
> As Geoffrey said, using the querystring with a form is 
> probably legal, 
> but hidden inputs are probably the ideal solution, since you wouldn't 
> lose them if for some reason (like an incorrect password) the 
> login form 
> page was reloaded.

??? I don't get it. Why would you lose the parameters in the query string if
the login page was reloaded?  

I used to use hidden fields in my login page, but I switched to just keeping
them in the query string once Webware was changed to support that.  It
hasn't caused me any problems and the code is simpler...

I _am_ thinking of trying what Ian (I think) suggested and issuing a
redirect to the destination page after the user logs in.  That way the page
that comes up after logging in is the result of a GET instead of a POST,
which I believe will work nicer if the user reloads the page.

- Geoff