Re: Database insert/update from Browser Refresh or Back/Forward Button

From: Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 17:34:12 +0000
Subject: Re: Database insert/update from Browser Refresh or Back/Forward Button
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>Why is "Browser Refresh & Back/Forward Button" capitalized? Is that the name of a >band or something??? Well, forgot to enclose the double quote. Old Habit with capitalization on commonly used term... >Are you trying to process a form a something and you want to prevent the >browser from processing the form when the user clicks the back button? >If that's the case I have a solution for you. The way I get around this >is to have two separate pages that display and process the form. The >first page displays the form and the second page processes it. When the >second page is done processing the form it will redirect the user to >wherever they need to go next. >The second page never becomes a part of the browsers history so the user >can click the back/refresh buttons all they want and the form will not >be processed more than you want it to be. Actually that's not totally >true because the user could go back and resubmit the form. That's a fine idea!! Wish I had thought of that 11 months ago when I first developed this website and eliminate lot of unneccessnary codes... Thanks for this idea... I'll remember it for future projects... FletchSOD

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