- Form is used to get information from user.
- Various controls allow user to enter passwords, choose from lists,
or enter free form text
- Forms are the front end mechanism for user to input
- Programs (CGI) handle the requests sent in by the user
- For the user to submit queries to obtain information from your database
- CGI: Program sets up to handle the requests sent in by the user.
- No nest form is allowed
![[IMAGE]](grx/ballgrn.gif) Please Click for Form Sample
HTML Commands:
<![CDATA[
<form ACTION="url" METHOD="POST">
<input (TYPE="CHECKBOX/RADIO/SUBMIT/RESET/password)" NAME="..." MAXLENGTH="#" VALUE="...">
<textarea>...</textarea>
</form>
<form>
<select NAME="..." SIZE="#"" <OPTION>
<option>
</select>
</form>
Sample:
<form ACTION="http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/post-query" METHOD="POST" ENCTYPE="text/plain>
Your Name: <INPUT NAME=" name">
Zip Code: <input SIZE="6" MAXLENGTH="6" NAME="zip">
Password: <input TYPE="password" NAME="password">
<input TYPE="CHECKBOX" NAME="classes" VALUE="Chinese Dance">
<input TYPE="RADIO" NAME="age" VALUE="Before 18>
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT NAME=" button VALUE="Submit Query">
<input TYPE="RESET" VALUE="Reset Form">
</form>
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