Dan Muey wrote: > > my $agt = new LWP::UserAgent; > > # works > > my $req = new HTTP::Request(GET => > > 'http://joemama.com/howdy.cgi'); # works > > > > #What am I doing > > wrong here? The script I'm getting just has > > #print param('hi'); so I don't thignk it's a get/post issue. > > I was totally wrong! I change GET => to POST => above and it worked el prefecto! > > I wonder why GET wouldn't work? Any ideas of the reason?
Get isn't really intended for activating code, although servers can be configured to do so for particular file-types [registered Perl files in Windows, those with x-bit set in 'nix] Absent special configurations, GET means just that, get the file specified and send it. POST is the request method intended for offering information, presumably to an application. So, even without a query string, POST is much more likely to be cnfigured to run an executable on the server. Seems like a pretty sensible distinction to me. Joseph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
