First exercise in HFSJ

[Shameen MK]

Hi,

I want to double-check the answers of the first exercise in HFSJ. I know it is simple, but I cant find the answers. I would definitely like to know if I answered them correctly. For each description, we need to select if we would use GET or POST. My answers are next to the descriptions.

1.) A user returning a login name and password - POST
2.) A user is requesting a new page via a hyperlink - GET
3.) A chat room user is sending a written response - POST
4.) A user hits the 'next' button to see the next page - GET
5.) A user hits the 'log out' button on a secure banking site - POST
6.) A user hits the 'back' button on the browser - GET
7.) A user sends a name and address form to the server - POST (I chose POST because it uses the word 'form', else I could have gone with GET also)
8.) A user makes a radio button selection - Either POST or GET

[singh santosh]

hi shameen,
Ur all answers are correct but i would like to add a cooment to this answer

7.) A user sends a name and address form to the server - POST (I chose POST because it uses the word 'form', else I could have gone with GET also)

your are right as it mentioned "form" but the reason is that in case of GET the content/values of ur page will be transmitted with the Request Line (in POST it is transmitted as PayLoad) which has vary limited size.
Since u r submitting a form so the content may exceed that of GET Reguest line allowed size so better to send it through POST method

Correct me if i am wrong

regards
-santosh

[Shameen MK]

Thanks Santosh. The reason why I mentioned that I could have used GET also for point 7 is that there are only two fields mentioned i.e. Name and Address which is too less and can be adjusted in the GET request. Although, I do agree that POST is a better way in such cases.

Thanks a lot.