On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 02:54:13PM +0100, Neville Hodder wrote:

>     <FORM>

* Invalid HTML. The action attribute is required. 

* You haven't specified an enctype, but the default is unstuiable for
  use with file inputs.

* You haven't specified a method, and the default (get) is unsuitable
  for use with file inputs.

http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#h-17.3

>     <P><INPUT type=\"file\" value=\"file\">

Funny looking paragraph ...

Inputs without names cannot be successful form controls.

http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#h-17.13.2

>     <INPUT type=\"text\" name=\"words\" value=\"default\" size=\"10\"
> maxlength=\"15\">
>     <INPUT type=\"submit\" name=\"file\" value=\"Apply\"></P>
>     <P>The file is: $ENV{QUERY_STRING}.</P>

Use CGI.pm. Don't try to access CGI related enviroment variables
directly. CGI.pm solves most of the problems you will run into
already.


>     </BODY>
>     </HTML>
>     </FORM>

You should pay a visit to http://validator.w3.org/

-- 
David Dorward                                      http://dorward.me.uk


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