204144 - form with method = POST does POST then GET

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect)

Description

[David Bowen]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4a) Gecko/20030401
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4a) Gecko/20030401


Clicking Download with this form causes first a POST (correct) and then
a GET (wrong) request to be sent to the server.

<form method="post"
    action="http://localhost/cgi-bin/elvis">

  <input type="hidden" name="bundleID" value="21.16">
  <input type="submit" value="download">

</form>


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set up a cgi-script that just writes info to the end of a log file
2. Create a web page containing the above form
3. Visit the web page using Mozilla 1.4a
4. Click download and look at the log file

Actual Results:  
There is both a POST and a GET request recorded. 

Expected Results:  
Only the POST.

Seen on Linux, but I think it is happening on Win 2000 also.

Comment 1

[Darin Fisher]

sounds like a redirect pattern to me...

david: do you know of a site on the internet where this is reproducible?  thx!

Comment 2

[David Bowen]

OK, I have set up a web page to demo the bug:

  http://dbowen.homelinux.net/elvis

Comment 3

[Mikael Parknert]

using
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030507

i only get a POST in the log (comment #2)
David Bowen, could you verify with a later build

Comment 4

[Mikael Parknert]

testcase no longer present, did WFM
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Reporter, if you see this problem in a recent build of Mozilla, feel free
to return and reopen the bug.

Marking INVALID