I'm not sure what you mean by 'using an image button' in this context. Your problem is that you need to pass a bunch of data between two CGI scripts (or between invocations of one program).

One way to pass information between CGI scripts is to pass things around in GET or POST fields (as you've apparently considered). But what's the problem here? If the user is going to click on a submit button, then they're submitting a form, and so the information can be passed. If you don't want the information popping up in textfields, get to know and love the hidden type of form variable. Or you might set the information from the DB as the value of a cookie when you do the fetch from the DB, and read the cookie in on successive invocations.

There are other possible solutions, but we should probably wait to see what you really meant by your question before giving solutions =)

HTH

Philosophy can be made out of anything. Or less -- Jerry A. Fodor

In reply to Re: Submit Button by arturo
in thread Submit Button by Anonymous Monk

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