[Rails] Re: POST and GET

2010-08-02 Thread Musdev Musdev
Adam Stegman wrote: > Also, a GET is just a read, while a POST is used to create. Like the > Wikipedia article linked before says: >> Note that GET should not be used for operations that cause side-effects, >> such as using it for taking actions in web applications. Thanks guys this really helped

[Rails] Re: POST and GET

2010-08-02 Thread Adam Stegman
Also, a GET is just a read, while a POST is used to create. Like the Wikipedia article linked before says: > Note that GET should not be used for operations that cause side-effects, such > as using it for taking actions in web applications. On Aug 2, 12:33 am, ct9a wrote: > GET > - typically use

[Rails] Re: POST and GET

2010-08-01 Thread ct9a
To add, in relation to a GET request, there is a limit of number of characters that a url can be made of. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1496080/limitation-of-url Cheers Gordon Yeong :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group

[Rails] Re: POST and GET

2010-08-01 Thread ct9a
GET - typically used when you access a page via a link (ie you cut and paste into the web browser) - all the values (ie form arguments) get passed in the url itself ( delimited by the ampersand character) - example: when the following link is copied and pasted to the web browser, a GET request is g