Re: disabling the submit button

by "Frank Boumphrey" <bckman(at)ix.netcom.com>

Date:	Wed, 10 Oct 2001 01:47:17 -0400
To:	"Davies, Elizabeth H." <EHDavies(at)West.com>, "HWG-technique Mailing List \(E-mail\)" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
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> We have a few people who have itchy trigger fingers and keep double or
> triple banging and creating duplicate database entries......

Disabling the submit button is not the answer. Make a unique key field in
you DB, and run a script to check that this field value does not already
exist when a new record is submitted.

Mail me privately if you want more info on this

Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Davies, Elizabeth H." <EHDavies(at)West.com>
To: "HWG-technique Mailing List (E-mail)" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 4:46 PM
Subject: disabling the submit button


> Is it possible to disable a submit button after it's been hit once?
>
> We have a few people who have itchy trigger fingers and keep double or
> triple banging and creating duplicate database entries......
>
> Elizabeth Davies
> Web Designer
> West Corporation
> (402)573-3386 or X206-7562
>

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