Change "Request type" from GET to POST for a request via href

[Abdul L Koyappayil]

I am requesting a cfm page by clicking on a link (<a href="admin/index.cfm">Admin</a>). While checking the network traffic in IE developer tool I can see the Request type as "GET". I need to change this to POST method. Is there any way to do this?. I know this is browser's default behaviour.

[BKBK]

<form action="admin/index.cfm" method="post">

<input name="sbmt" type="submit" value="Admin">

</form>

[BKBK]

If you insist on a link:

<script type="text/javascript">

function submitForm()

{

  document.myForm.submit();

}

</script>

<form action="admin/index.cfm" method="post" name="myForm">

<input name="message" type="hidden" value="They are on the way!!!">

</form>

<a href="javascript: submitForm()">Admin</a>

[Abdul L Koyappayil]

Agreed.... You posted the same solution as I found and you answered the question. But I was expecting a generalized solution, in fact my question should have been more specific and sorry for missing that out.  I will elaborate my question little more as below.

Suppose I have many templates with many links , say 10. In this case I need to apply the solution , that you posted above , for each and every link. Here I can find a generalized solution by writing a common javascript function (using Jquery) in a separate js file and including it in a place to be accessible for all the templates. For each and every link I will provide same class name and in the javascript function using this selector (same class name) I will submit the form with a POST method as you explained above. This way we can change the request type from GET to POST for any links used in the application.Correct me if I am wrong in this approach. If I am wrong is there any other better generalized approach which can be used?.

Also I would like to tell you one thing that the PCI scanner fund this (changing request type from GET to POST while clicking on link(s) ) as a security concern even though there is no sensitive date found. That is the reason why I am trying to figure out a solution to change the request type from GET to POST while clicking on a link(s). I strictly believe , with my knowledge , that this should not be a security concern unless there is some sensitive data. Note that I am not asking a second question here but I am just telling you the reason why I opened this thread here.