GET Method

DEFORM Scripting Utility

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4 - GET Method

Any functionality specified can be limited to the GET method by specifying the /GET qualifier. If the script was activated via the POST method the utility will simply exit with a success status.

With HTTP GET method requests the HTTPd server has already parsed query string form fields into corresponding DCL symbols (see 2.1 - CGI Compliance) which are directly accessable to a script without further processing.

The DEFORM utility can however be used to conveniently perform other functions in the GET environment. These include:


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