Form submit does nothing

[vb6novice]

My first try at using <form>. The HTML is as follows:

<form method=&quot;POST&quot; action=&quot;mailto:me@mydomain.com&quot; enctype=&quot;text/plain&quot;>

<input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;job_number&quot; size=&quot;23&quot;>

<input type=&quot;submit&quot; value=&quot;Submit form&quot;>

</form>

The only thing that happens is I get a new mail message window with no subject, no content, and having to click Send to make it go.

I thought it was supposed to automatically send the message with the value of job_number in the body.

What am I missing?

 

[ChrisHunt]

Yuo thought wrong. You need some kind of server-side script to do that. Try one of these:

http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/Perl/Form_Processing/

-- Chris Hunt

http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk

http://www.napitalia.org.uk

http://www.leicesteryha.org.uk

 

[vb6novice]

Chris,

That being the case, the truth is that I don't really want to send an e-mail, I was trying to learn how to use forms. I'd rather have the inputs be sent to a file somewhere on the server. What's the simplest way to do that?

 

[ChrisHunt]

Again, you need to write, or acquire, a server-side script to do it. Go to the link I posted above - there's hundreds of scripts on that site, you should find something that'll point you in the right direction.

-- Chris Hunt

http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk

http://www.napitalia.org.uk

http://www.leicesteryha.org.uk