Forms: search example

A Practical Example -- searching your web site

Recall that the UO has a search engine, <http://search.uoregon.edu>

<form method="GET" 
  action="http://search.uoregon.edu/cgi-bin/query">
Search libweb for: 
<input type="hidden" name="pg" value="q">
<input type="text" name="q" size="20"
 value="                                  +host:libweb.uoregon.edu"><br>                                           
<input type="submit" value="Search"> or 
<input type="reset">
</form>

Let's try it out:

This particular CGI script is available for general use. It expects the following:

use method="GET"
include a field named "pg" with value "q" or "aq"
optional fields include "fmt", etc.
query must be named "q"

Exercise