post method

[panayiotis periorellis]

Hello All,

Im trying to pass some parameters to a CGI script from Java. I know how to
pass simple parameters but im having trouble passing the radio button. Could
someone please have a look at the following form and let me know how the
radio button parameter and its value can be passed from a java program?
thanks in advance
P

form METHOD="POST" ACTION="/cgi-bin/nbrfget">
<input TYPE="radio" NAME="fmt" VALUE="C" CHECKED>CODATA, &nbsp;
<input TYPE="radio" NAME="fmt" VALUE="H">CODAT A/HTML,&nbsp;
<input TYPE="radio" NAME="fmt" VALUE="N">NBRF,
<input TYPE="radio" NAME="fmt" VALUE="F">FASTA
<input TYPE="radio" NAME="fmt" VALUE="X">XML.</DT>
<DT><b>Type of identifier:</b
<select NAME="xref">
<option VALUE="0">PIR Unique ID
<option VALUE="1">PIR Accession
<option VALUE="2">PIR Reference Number
</select>
<input TYPE="text" NAME="id" SIZE=30>
<input TYPE="submit" VALUE="Submit"> &nbsp; &nbsp;<input TYPE="reset"
VALUE="Clear">
</DL>
</form>

and here is some of the java code...i 'm looking to POST the parameters of
the above form to this

String cgiscript ="http://pir.georgetown. edu/cgi-bin/nbrfget";

try
{
URL url = new URL(cgiscript);
URLConnection connection =url.openConnec tion();
connection.setD oInput( true );
connection.setD oOutput( true );

}
catch( Exception e ) {}