basically i am looking for an equivalent to javascripts history.back.

However there is a further snag. With javascript i had the history back function planted in the the same html script as the input form. Upon submiting the details, the form details would be processed and then the history.back would be executed taking me back to the page BEFORE the form page.

With 'print CGI::redirect($ENV{HTTP_REFERER})', because the cgi script is executed then the redirect is executed it itakes me back to the form page and not the page BEFORE.

In basic terms is there a simple way of jumping back two pages instead of one.

Costas

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