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Why & how to create links with that way

www.example.com/cgi/go.cgi?1234-0

         

billy_t9

4:57 am on May 16, 2002 (gmt 0)

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I would like to ask sorry if it is not the appropriate board. A normal url link under this way and whatare the pros when doing something like this.

Air

5:18 am on May 16, 2002 (gmt 0)

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It is that way because a cgi script has been coded to handle all characters after the "?" as input. Typically this is done to maintain state, or to present custom information as you move from page to page, or as you make choices on forms to pass that information from page to page.