Xsql:delete-request key-columns has to be form posted data?

Question

I am trying to link a hyperlink "delete" on a table to a page "jobs-list-delete.xsql?jobnumber={JOBNUMBER}". When I use:
<form method="post" action="jobs-list-delete.xsql?jobnumber={JOBNUMBER}">
<input type="submit" value="delete"/>
</form>
it worked fine. but I want to use "delete" as a hyperlink instead of a button, so I tried the following:
Delete
unfortunately, it didn't work with the above hyperlink.
I would like to know if xsql:delete-request key-columns value has to be form posted data instead of a query string in an URL from a hyperlink. Is there any way to work around this?
The code I used in jobs-list-delete.xsql is as follows:
<xsql:delete-request key-columns="jobnumber" table="jobs" transform="request-to-InsertJob.xsl"/>
Thanks...
Wenqi Dwyer

Answer 1

<xsql:delete-request> works with a posted XML request or a POST'ed HTML form.
To delete things with a simple HTTP GET, you can use <xsql:dml> and a DELETE statement.