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Posted by Jon on 10/09/28 11:38
Awesome - thanks for the algorithm guys - this will save me a bit of time
with validation :)
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> "Chung Leong" <chernyshevsky@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> thehuby wrote:
>>> Is there any way of disabling the repost of information when a user
>>> hits the back button?
>>>
>>> Is the only way to do this to actually use some sort of redirect on the
>>> page receiving the initial post (though this won't stop them hitting
>>> back twice and possibly reposting will it?)
>>
>> That's the way to do it. A browser will only put actual pages into the
>> history. A POST that doesn't not produce a page, but instead, redirects
>> to a GET for presentation will not cause the repost warning. And if the
>> new URL matches exactly that of the page containing the form, the
>> browser (IE at least), will treat it as though the user has not left
>> the page at all.
>
> Exactly. I use this technique all the time, and it works fine on every
> browser I've tested it on.
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