Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 10/23/07 13:11

Captain Paralytic wrote:
> On 22 Oct, 20:48, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
>> Fester Bestertester wrote:
>>> Greetings,
>>> I'm an occasional php/mysql dabbler.
>>> I have a basic data form with a submit button. Unfortunately, it's still
>>> possible for the user to enter data changes and close the window,
>>> without clicking the submit button, thus losing the data.
>>> Can someone point me to a generic example of some code that will trap
>>> and handle this error?
>> Only way is via javascript.
>>
>> Something like "onunload submit".
>
> Some sites (Google Groups and the BBC Radio Player are examples), will
> pop up a javasript cofirmation dialogue if you try to leave the page
> having already typed information in (in thecase of Google Groups), or
> have selected a radio programme to listen to (in he case of the BBC
> Radio Player).
>
>

Which can be very annoying if you have javascript enabled.

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