Form processing requires two components: (a) form design and tags, and (b) developing a CGI script to process the form information. This is a review of form design and tags.

Basic tags

<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="http://www.myserver.com/cgi-bin/form-script">

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<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="Submit"><INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="Reset">

</FORM>

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This would display like:

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Other basic tags

<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="yourname" SIZE="50">

<INPUT TYPE="password" NAME="passwd">

<TEXTAREA NAME="comments$quot; ROWS="14" COLS="50">Enter your message here.</TEXTAREA>

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This would display like:

Enter you name:
Enter your password:

Enter your comments here:

Enter your message here.

Specific tags

check boxes, radio buttons and selections are also very useful. See my forms tutorial for more details.