Posted by axlq on 11/20/07 03:38

In article <494e8a99-2220-449a-bcd5-c017fa1c0110@i37g2000hsd.googlegroups.com>,
John Dunlop <john@dunlop.name> wrote:
>axlq:
>
>> Situation: User submits a form, gets a page returned. User clicks
>> the "reload button."
>>
>> Desired Result: The current page simply re-loads and the user isn't
>> asked to confirm re-submission of the form data. The form data
>> isn't re-submitted.
>
>Without a URL I can't tell, but I have a suspicion you are using the
>POST method instead of the GET method. User-agents should make their
>users aware if their actions are non-idempotent.
>
>http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/whenToUseGet.html

Well, yes. The words "resubmission of *form* data" should have made
it clear that I'm referring to POST, not GET.

Anyway, the rest of this thread contains the answer I was looking for.
Thanks.

-A

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