A lot of sites use javascript to submit multiple forms

Can you site an example of a site that does this? (I'm not denying it -- I've seen all sorts of weird things done with scripts that ought not to be possible. I'm just curious how it's accomplished, given that normally the submission of a form causes the browser to stop executing the scripts on that page as it goes on to fetch the new form-result page.)

This allows all sorts of things, including creating hoops that make it harder to use a language like perl to spider a site.

I suspect it's possible to get around this using WWW::Mechanize and maybe Clone::PP, but I'd have to see the details of what the scripts on the site are doing.

$;=sub{$/};@;=map{my($a,$b)=($_,$;);$;=sub{$a.$b->()}}
split//,".rekcah lreP rehtona tsuJ";$\=$ ;->();print$/
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A lot of sites use javascript to submit multiple forms

Can you site an example of a site that does this? (I'm not denying it -- I've seen all sorts of weird things done with scripts that ought not to be possible. I'm just curious how it's accomplished, given that normally the submission of a form causes the browser to stop executing the scripts on that page as it goes on to fetch the new form-result page.)

Basically, if you use a <form NAME="foo"> tag in the forms declaration you can use:

document.foo.submit();
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To submit a form. Most of the time this is used to create hyperlinks which submit a form, or forms that submit themselves if you click on a select box, for instance. However, it can be extended by creating a class of functions to submit multiple forms at the same time. I don't have any examples off the top of my head, but if I come across one I will be sure to post it.

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