Form Attr EncType with Post

[pmele]

A question which I hope someone can explain to me. I have a form which submits data using get

<form action="xxx" enctype="multipart/form-data">
blah - blah
</form>

This works fine up to 2000 chars due to the Get method. When I add the Post method attr, it doesn't work:

<form action="xxx" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post">
blah - blah
</form>

Yet, if I remove the enctype attr it works fine:

<form action="xxx" method="post">
blah - blah
</form>


Yes, all the data in the form is text only. So why won't the post work with the enctype whereas the get does?

Thanks!

Paul Mele
DFAS-CL/TSTB

 

[tviman]

The way I understand it, the enctype attribute is only necessary when you're uploading a file. If you're passing nothing but input data from a form, enctype should not be necessary. And just to clarify, GET passes the form data as part of the URL while POST does it via the QUERY-STRING.

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