> When a person submits a form that inserts a record into the database, if
> they then refresh the page that comes up after the submit, the record will
> be submitted a second time. I suppose this is due to the fact that the
> subroutine that is called with the submit contains both the write to
> database bit and the view bit. So refreshing causes a repeat of both items.
>
> How can I do this without that problem?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Dawn H
Two possible suggestions:
1) Provide a unique index field and catch the duplicate error if they
try to resubmit the form. Then you can send them a nice "Don't do that!"
message.
2) After the form is submitted redirect them to a second "Thanks!" page.
They can reload that page all they want.
Pete
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