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NOTE: The URL query string uses the GET method to issue a
request to the servlet. The current time may not be
current if the Web page for displaying the current time
is cached. To ensure that a new current time is
displayed, refresh the page in the browser. In the next
example, you will write a new servlet that uses the POST
method to obtain the current time.
42.6 HTML Forms
HTML forms enable you to submit data to the Web server in a convenient
form. As shown in Figure 42.16, the form can contain text fields, text
area, check boxes, combo boxes, lists, radio buttons, and buttons.
Figure 42.16
An HTML form may contain text fields, radio buttons, combo boxes,
lists, check boxes, text areas, and buttons.
The HTML code for creating the form in Figure 42.16 is given in Listing
42.3. (If you are unfamiliar with HTML, please see Supplement V.A, “HTML
and XHTML Tutorial.”)
Listing 42.3 StudentRegistrationForm.html
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