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twenty1 · 10-06-2005, 08:04 PM

Hi,

In my form I would like to place a default value of jazz in the first text field "entry 1". How do I do that?

Code:

<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="http://mydomain/cgi-bin/post-query"> 
What type music do you like: <INPUT NAME="entry1"><P> 
What is you favorite song: <INPUT NAME="entry2"><P> 
To submit the query, press this button: <INPUT TYPE="submit" 
VALUE="Submit Query"><P><INPUT TYPE="reset" VALUE="Reset To Default Values">
</FORM>

thks

vvaldir · 10-06-2005, 08:58 PM

Hi,

Try changing this line
From:
What type music do you like: <INPUT NAME="entry1">

To:
What type music do you like: <INPUT NAME="entry1" VALUE="jazz">

netzilla · 10-08-2005, 11:08 PM

Code:

<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="http://mydomain/cgi-bin/post-query"> 
What type music do you like: <INPUT NAME="entry1" VALUE="entry1"><P> 
What is you favorite song: <INPUT NAME="entry2" VALUE="entry2"><P> 
To submit the query, press this button: <INPUT TYPE="submit" 
VALUE="Submit Query"><P><INPUT TYPE="reset" VALUE="Reset To Default Values">
</FORM>

Anyway in a text form the default value would be the one you specify in VALUE="...your text...".