thanks everyone for the help, i had already tried these things and also
disabling the button, i found that it was just a coding error on my part,
anyway i also implemented a server side/database solution with timestamping
so the problem no longer applies

thanks again

paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rebecca Campbell [mailto:rcampbel(at)standard.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 2:42 PM
> To: 'Paul Tyng'; 'hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org'
> Subject: RE: Stop form submission?
> 
> 
> the only two things i can think of are:
> 
> 1)  put the submit button in a <div> and when it's clicked, 
> hide the <div>
>      i think the code is:  document.myform.divname.visibility 
> = 'hidden';
> 
> 2)  put the submit() in a javascript function and set a flag 
> to see whether
> or not the form can be submitted.  something like this:
> 
>      flag = 0;
> 
>      function checkAndSubmit() {
>        if(flag == 0) {  
>          myform.submit();
>          flag = 1;
>        }
>      }
> 
> you'll probably have to play around with those to get them to 
> work for you,
> but hopefully that's enough to get you started.
> 
> -rebecca
> http://www.nerdygirl.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Tyng [mailto:paul.tyng(at)dealerkid.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 10:40 AM
> To: 'hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org'
> Subject: Stop form submission?
> 
> 
> I need some code that will stop subsequent form submissions 
> in the time
> between hitting submit and the submission acutally taking 
> place.  in part of
> the application i am working on you can keep hitting submit 
> while its still
> submitting the first request and like 5 or 6 records can be 
> created instead
> of just one, i can use javascript, asp or whatever, i just 
> need something,
> and it only has to work in ie 4 and 5.
> 
> i've tried many solutions already but i can't seem to get them to work
> correctly, any suggestions?
> 
> thanks
> paul tyng
> paultyng.com
> 

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