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THE URL OF A SCRIPT SHOULD BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE "ACTION" ATTRIBUTE OF EACH FORM.

  • My own personal stock quote server (borrowed from CNNfn )

  • THE FORM TAGS NEEDED TO PRODUCE THIS STOCK QUOTE FORM LOOK LIKE:
    <FORM action="http://qs.cnnfn.com/cgi-bin/stockquote">
        . . . 
    </FORM > 
    



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This page is part of a section of lecture slides related to " HTML Forms " within the topic "CGI and HTML Forms". Other slides within this section and other sections of slides for the topic "CGI and HTML Forms" can be accessed using the links below.
  • Common Gateway Interface
  • CGI == Common Gateway Interface
  • HTML Forms
  • Forms
  • Forms (cont.)
  • FORM ACTION ATTRIBUTE
  • Form Input Elements
  • The Submit Button
  • Text Input Fields
  • Name/Value Pairs
  • Checkboxes
  • Radio Buttons
  • Other "INPUT" Elements
  • The "TEXTAREA" Tag
  • Selection Lists
  • Selection Lists (cont.)