IE doesn’t return value of submit button?

Here is a form (it is the output of a jsp, but that’s irrelevant at this point). This was cut and pasted directly from Internet Explorer’s View->Document Source menu:

[CODE]
<form method=”post” action=”/infoisland/members/servlet/TribeMgr”>
<fieldset>
<legend>New Tribe </legend>
<label for=”trbname”>Tribe Name (32 chars):</label>
<input type=”text” name=”trbname” class=”frmtxt” value=”Title
goes here” />
<br class=fieldalign />

<label for=”trbdesc”>Tribe Description</label>
<textarea rows=”5″ cols=”32″ name=”trbdesc”
class=”leftlabeled”>Description goes here</textarea>
<br class=fieldalign />
<div class=”break”>
<p><input type=”checkbox” name=”mod” class=”check” />
Moderated Tribe (all messages screened by the Tribal
Chief)</p><br class=”fieldalign”>
<p><input type=”radio” name=”access” value=”public” >Anyone can
join this tribe</p>
<p><input type=”radio” name=”access” value=”protected” checked>A
member must invite someone to join</p>
<p><input type=”radio” name=”access” value=”private” >The chief
(currently you) must invite
someone to join (a member can request this of the chief)</p>
</div>
</fieldset>

[B]<button type=”submit” name=”trbbtn” value=”trbnew”
class=”centeredbutton”>New Tribe</button>[/B]
<br class=”fieldalign” />
</form>
[/CODE]

Note at the end where I’ve bolded the button. Here is a fragment of the TrbMgr servlet this form calls:

[CODE]
String target= “”;
String todo= rq.getParameter(“trbbtn”);

Log.write(“n**********nTribeMgr: todo= ” + todo);
[/CODE]

And, here is what the log prints out:

[QUOTE]

TribeMgr: todo= New Tribe

[/QUOTE]

In other words, IE is sending the text on the button and not the “value=’btnvalue'” from the <input> tag.

Mozilla works just fine, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen this. Has anyone else? Is this a quirk in IE I don’t know about? I did a google search and haven’t found anything so far.

TIA
anw

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