doing form.submit() in JS simply submits the form using the method
specified in the form. If this is POST the values are passed in the HTTP
body and not in the URL.
Pascal
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 15 September 2004 14:08
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: [Spam?] _javascript_ submit button vs html submit button
>
> How true is the following statement? :
>
> [quote]
>
> If you use a _javascript_ form submit button, you have to make sure your
> form variables dont get too large because the _javascript_ function
> passes the input to the action page using the GET method, and the
> total length of a URL and all the URL Variables is limited. If you
> have a very large amount of form input, you had better use HTML submit
> buttons and the POST method
>
> [/quote]
>
>
> Is this true? Its brought about by an application I'm working on
> where we might have a hidden form field with as many as 40,000 userIDs
> passed to the action page in a comma delimited list.
>
>
> Cheers
> Mike Kear
> Windsor, NSW, Australia
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