RFC 1866:Hypertext Markup Language - 2.0
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query


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... user agent should allow the user to search an index by giving keywords. See 7.5, "Queries and Indexes" for details. ...


... Queries and Indexes ...
... elements with `METHOD=GET' also represent sets of hyperlinks. See 8.2.2, "Query Forms: METHOD=GET" for details. ...


... methods is a function of the scheme of the action URI of the form. See 8.2.2, "Query Forms: METHOD=GET" and 8.2.3, "Forms with Side-Effects ...
... NOTE - The URI from a query form submission can be used in a normal anchor style hyperlink. ...
... Query Forms: METHOD=GET ...
... database searches have no visible side-effects and make ideal applications of query forms. To process a form whose action URL ...



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