From: Tim Hammerquist <tim@...>
Date: 2003-07-15T09:53:39+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-specific CGI question (I think)

Kurt M. Dresner graced us by uttering:
> I'm using sessions and forms in my cgi script.
> 
> Unfortunately, for some reason, cgi.form seems to be putting
> some funny stuff at the end of each form I make.  (I have
> multiple forms on the page, and it puts it on every one.)  The
> funny stuff looks like this:
> 
> <fieldset><input TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="sessionname"
> VALUE="session_id"></fieldset>
> 
> First of all: Why is it doing this?

Session management.  Session information has to be passed somehow
to mask the inherent statelessness of the CGI protocol.

> Second of all: How do I make it stop?

Stop using cgi/session?

> -Kurt

Tim Hammerquist
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