On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Gunther Birznieks wrote:

> Sorry if this solution has been mentioned before (i didn't read the earlier 
> parts of this thread), and I know it's not as perfect as a server-side 
> solution...
> 
> But I've also seen a lot of people use javascript to accomplish the same 
> thing as a quick fix. Few browsers don't support javascript. Of the small 
> amount that don't, the venn diagram merge of browsers that don't do 
> javascript and users with an itchy trigger finger is very small. The 
> advantage is that it's faster than mungling your own server-side code with 
> extra logic to prevent double posting.

Nothing stops users from saving the form and resubmitting it without the
JS code. This may reduce the number of attempts, but it's a partial
solution and won't stop determined users.

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