Question

I have a basic question about the form action.

Consider the below code here, just ignore the syntax if any.

<form action="demo_form.asp" method="get">
 <a href="test.asp">Code testing</a>
 First name: <input type="text" name="fname" /><br />
 Last name: <input type="text" name="lname" /><br />
 <button type="submit">Submit</button><br />
</form> 

The demo_form.asp is called when the form is submitted and I can process the variables in the form as below in demo_form.asp,

request.GET('fname')

How can I process the variables in the form when test.asp is called through HREF..Can I use the same GET or POST method?

Answer 1

If you call test.asp via a link (or href as you say), you can process variables only using the GET method. So if you have, for example, test.asp?fname=bob&lname=smith, those GET variables will be available in test.asp

You cannot do this with POST data.