I seem to be missing something !

Simple scenario: I want to save the details of a validated form to a database. Up to now, I have been using the tried and tested procedure:

• submit (r/w) form -> {send data to server}->
• invoke pl to write data->{send data back to client}->
• generate new (r/o) page/form with data to show data is saved

What I would like and *know* must be a common process is to be able to avoid having to {send the data back to client} so that it would look more like :

• submit (r/w) form->{send data to server}->
• invoke pl to write data->{send flag back to client indicating success}->
• generate new (r/o) page/form with data to show data is saved.

There is an underlying assumption here that I have control over the local scripting language (javascript).

Any pointers ? which "M" I should FR (as in RTFM) ?

Update

Thanks for all responses to date.

It is clear that my original post was not worded correctly.

I think the error was in the way I said:

generate new (r/o) page/form with data to show data is saved.

What I should have said was that I wanted to reuse the data/page at the client to avoid having to resend data from the server to generate a new page

The solution I have come up with is to

• the "write.pl" (script to save data) will open a new browser window as part of the saving process
• if it's successful, this window will close when finished
• else it stays open with an error message

If the simplicity of the solution makes my original post seem trivial I apologise.

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