Need Help in Understanding Limitation of HTTP Get

[jatinkumar patel]

The user cant bookmark a form submission if you use POST instead of GET. Depending on
your app, you may or may not want users to be able to bookmark the resulting request
from a form submission.

[Frits Walraven]

Hi Jatinkumar,

HTTP GET is usually used for read-only requests for information where HTTP POST is used to update, write and delete information.
The form-parameters (those things you type in on a website) in a GET are placed behind the URL, like:

 http://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&source=hp&q=javaranch&aq=f&aqi=g9&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=   

this makes it possible to bookmark your Google question for Javaranch

The parameters of a POST are never placed in the URL, but "hidden" in the content of the request.

Conclusion: A HTTP GET and a HTTP POST suit a different purpose (so in the servlet code you should never call a doGet() from a doPost() and vice-versa)

Regards,
Frits