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Posted by Sheldon Glickler on 07/16/06 14:36
"mindwarp" <mindwarpltd@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> When a user submits / posts data my php script Inserts data into my
> database.
> If they refresh the script or click back and click submit again I get
> duplicate record.
>
> Is there an easy solution to this?
>
> Or do I need to create a hidden field which contains some sort of
> unquie data, like a time stamp and have a have a unique field which
> stops it adding the record?
Generally I have a primary key and the "WHERE" clause prevents duplicates.
However, to avoid errors you could check first for its existence and the
either ignore it, send a message, or do an UPDATE.
Shelly
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