newbie: client and server

[a]

Hi

If I save the client form and all its component in html format in my
harddisk, and then open and fill out the form locally and submit, will the
server process it and return the information as usual?

Thanks

 

[Mike Brind]

Hi

If I save the client form and all its component in html format in my
harddisk, and then open and fill out the form locally and submit, will the
server process it and return the information as usual?

Yes. So long as the form's action attribute contains the correct url
in full.

But what a strange question - you could have easily found out the
answer by trying it out...

 

[a]

Yes. So long as the form's action attribute contains the correct url
in full.

But what a strange question - you could have easily found out the
answer by trying it out...

Hi Mike,
Thanks for your reply.
Basically, whenever the web page is able to be read by the human user, it is
already downloaded locally.
But I have tried to save and execute, but the answer is no. It cannot fire
the information to the server.
Trying to figure out the reason.
Can you or someone here describe the mechanism on how do the POST transfer
the filled information to the correct script on the server? then, how do the
script process the information and create the correct html page back to the
user?
Thanks

 

[Mike Brind]

Hi Mike,
Thanks for your reply.
Basically, whenever the web page is able to be read by the human user, it is
already downloaded locally.
But I have tried to save and execute, but the answer is no. It cannot fire
the information to the server.
Trying to figure out the reason.

If you describe what happens when you submit the local copy of the
form, that would help us narrow down the extrremely large list of
possibilities. What do you get? 404 Not Found or 500 Internal Server
Error or some other error message?

Also, what is the URL of the file that contains the form processing
code, and what URL do you have in the Action attribute of the local
copy of the form?