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I've got a login form with two input fields: username and password.

<form method="get" action="../Main/Index">
    <p>
        <input type="text" name="username" value="" placeholder="username" maxlength="30"></p>
    <p>
        <input type="password" name="password" value="" placeholder="password" maxlength="25"></p>

    <p class="submit">
        <input type="submit" name="commit" value="Enter">
    </p>

</form>

Once the user submits the form, his username and password are shown in the browser's URL textbox, something like this:

http://localhost:53997/Main/Index?username=zm&password=123456789&commit=Enter

I don't want his username and password to be on display.

How can I do this?

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use form method="POST". this will send the same data but as payload and not in url. – gp. Jul 7 '14 at 15:02
    
Thank you @gp.. Answer the question so I can accept as an answer – chiapa Jul 7 '14 at 15:04
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the problem is that youre using form method = "get" when you should be using form method = "post" instead.

this explains it:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee784233(v=cs.20).aspx

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Please don't link to w3schools :( w3fools.com – redditor Jul 7 '14 at 15:05
    
Why? What's w3fools? – chiapa Jul 7 '14 at 15:06
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I removed it, the Microsoft one explains what you need better imo too. – Thaddius Jul 7 '14 at 15:07
    
@chiapa w3schools is significantly better than it was, even 6 months ago, but their examples are (often) poor, outdated and don't actually serve to explain the code you are working with. There are so many better places to learn. – redditor Jul 7 '14 at 15:08
    
Hmm, didn't know that. Thanks for the insight @redditor! – chiapa Jul 7 '14 at 15:11

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