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Form problem and Firefox Daniel Kaplan 04-06-2006
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Posted by Geoff Muldoon on April 6, 2006, 7:08 pm
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NoSPam@NoSpam.com says...
> Hey All,
>
> In some of my pages I use a quick form to give navigational button choices,
> rather than links. One of them is this:
>
> <FORM name="nulltry" enctype="multipart/form-data"
> action="http://www.mysite.com/cgi-bin/enter_one.pl" method="POST">
> <INPUT type="submit" value=" Enter Another ">
> </form>
>
> The hiccup that Firefox gives me, yet IE does not is:
>
> *Malformed multipart POST: data truncated
> *Compilation failed in require at enter_one.pl line 6.
> *BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at enter_one line 6.

Appart from the arguments put forward as to why the use of a form instead
of a link is A Bad Idea, try getting rid of the:
enctype="multipart/form-data"
as your form isn't multipart if there is only a submit in it.

GM

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