forms and javascript

Is there a way to have an HTML page or something to have it so that when the page loads it will GET data right away from a server and then display it on the very same page?

i have something like this and would like this form data to be done when the page loads and then displayed so the user does not have to actually click a submit button to "GET" the data. So onLoad i want to do the 'action' of 'get' and then display the data.

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**could I use javascript or something in here to get the live data points on a pageLoad function?
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<body>
<form action="http://myServer/processnet/isapi/netportal/netportal.dll/data/PI_ALPHA" method=GET>
Tagename: <select name=tag0>
<option value = 'MET-MAIN100DTSC01'> MET-MAIN100DTSC01
<option value = 'MET-MAIN100WD01'> MET-MAIN100WD01
<option value = 'MET-MAIN200DTSC01'> MET-MAIN200DTSC01
</select>
Format: <select name=format>
<option value = 'HTML'> HTML Table
<option value = 'Excel'> Excel Spreadsheet
</select>
<br>
<input type=submit>
</form>

thanks

forms and javascript

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