[Zope] GET/POST "name=value" query var convention?

[Jeff Youel]

>From the HTML 4.01 Specification 
(http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#h-17.13.4)

  ...
  2.  The control names/values are listed in the order they appear in the
  document. The name is separated from the value by `=' and
  name/value pairs are separated from each other by `&'.
  ...

// Jeff

On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 06:18:11PM -0500, Scott Thomason wrote:
> Does anyone know of a more-or-less authoritative source that states that the common convention for HTTP GET/POST queries is a series of "name=value" pairs joined by "&" characters? I know I'm not just making this up, but I need to persuade someone that it is a commonly-accepted practice. Before you look... it's not in the HTTP RFCs.
> 
> Also...would it be accurate to say that life as a PHP and/or ColdFusion programmer is easier if the aforementioned HTTP GET/POSTs are performed in this manner? I know as a frequent user of Perl's CGI.pm module that I take this convention for granted.
> ---scott
> 
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