Use a cookie and a session.
form->{send_data_to_server} ->
invoke pl to create/write a session, add a cookie to the headers,
send back the new page.
No need for javascript at all.
Boris
Comment on Re: HTML Form Submission & Save to MySQL
borisz, as per my update, I have gone a different route, but would like to say thanks for pointing me in the direction of sessions (new to me). Looks like a whole new world of "data persistence" ..... Cheers.