Simple Javascript error - Form submit doesn't append querystring

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I want to submit a form to a URL appending few values as the querystring.

I am using this to call;

    <form id="form1" method="GET" action="http://abc.appspot.com/_ah/xmpp/message/chat/">
    <input type="text" id="data" />
    <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
    </form>

However, when I click on submit button, the URL that is fired is "http://abc.appspot.com/_ah/xmpp/message/chat/?"

The value of the "data" is not appended. Am I doing something silly here?

Thanks

I am sorry for the confusion. I started off with JQuery first when I started writing this post. — Jayesh
– Jayesh, Commented Jan 27, 2012 at 9:02

dfsq · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-27 08:50:52Z

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Only fields which have name attribute are submited. This makes sense because how would you access those values without some key in POST of GET. So change your code to

<input type="text" name="data" id="data" />

answered Jan 27, 2012 at 8:50

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RSK · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-27 08:52:28Z

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Add name to input text and check

<input type="text" id="data" name="data" />

answered Jan 27, 2012 at 8:52

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nnnnnn · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-27 08:52:31Z

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Give any form elements that are to be submitted a name attribute or they'll be ignored. So:

<input type="text" id="data" name="data" />

(You don't need the id attribute unless you reference it from somewhere else, but it won't hurt.)

Also it probably makes more sense to have method="POST" on your form.

answered Jan 27, 2012 at 8:52

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