I think that what you are trying to achieve is;

1. the user clicks on a link
2. a page appears
3. some hard code is ran on the server with db so it might take time,
4. when it's done, a new window pops up, and the data is printed to it.

well, you can't... efficiently...

you have to tinker with stuff that has to do with the browser and you might end up with unsatisfied users leaving, because their browser does not support the way you are telling him to work.

to understand what I'm trying to say, consider this solution that doesn't always work:

• a framed site, with a dummy frame that has a size of 0
• lots of javascript to communicate between the frames.
• data is submitted to the top dummy frame
• which returns code as javascript that points the main frame to a new location and then pops up a new window when it is all done.

not efficient. doesn't always work, and annoys the hell out of the users...

so you might wanna check what the others has suggested by posting data into a new window.. more reliable, and more to the point

and maybe again, I'm not understanding your question...

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