Re: messageboard double-postings

Maybe JavaScript to screen the onSubmit event, or  have the script check
to see if the message exists before posting?  1st is easier, but on
works if JS is enabled...

Darrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Huebler" <frank.huebler(at)rol3.com>
> I wrote a messageboard as Perl/CGI-script a while ago, got a few
compliants
> about that there are some double postings. I guess those are the
result of
> a user side reload of the script directly after having sent the
message for
> the first time or something like that. Maybe you have another
explanation
> for this problem.
>
> Is there a way to make this kind of unwanted double-posting
impossible? Is
> there a routine to empty the cache where the form data are stored
after
> they have been sent once or something like that?

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