• Using HTML to add new member

• Update HTML interface so that it is possible to add new member into database by HTML form. On form member type is always ‘N – New member’ (type cannot be chosen through HTML interface) and position is empty/none.
  
• Chance to modify member information is not really necessary. After a new member has been succesfully added to database, user can be ‘brought’ to view list of members, where new member can be reviewed.
  
• When sending or ‘POSTing’ forms, HTTP protocol does somethin like this:
   
  • browser sends call using the row 'Content-Length: 23423' in HEADER section
    and contents of form is in the BODY section (sections are separated by 2 CRs ).
    
• You can make the plain form page first and analyze in what ‘shape’ browser sends the contents of form. Using this information yoe arer able to create the code. The way how HTTP protocol works is well specified in RFC document number 1945, which can be quite ‘heavy’ text to read through.

Syntax is something like following:
 

Fieldname1=value1&Fieldname2=value2,etc.

• Protocol does alter some characters into its own (like spaces, hyphens, special signs,
  scandinavian alphabets(å,ä,ö), etc.) which can cause some problems. If the program can
  change/convert the special characters right (spaces, etc.) into database, that will be enough for now.

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