You should be using the POST method and a form in your HTML, not the GET
method (or just a plain URL with query string appended). You will also need
to define a getPost() method in your servlet.
You may want to review the HTTP spec at http://www.w3.org/Protocols/ for
more details.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ryan Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 9:59 AM
Subject: Question regarding passing data over the URL
> Are there any other methods of transferring data rather than
> passing it over the URL as parameters? I have a servlet that
> reads form data sent over as parameters and inserts the info
> into a database. Some get quite long. Also, how would you
> ever pass authentication information safely this way?
>
>
> Thanks
> Ryan
>
>
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