..except in the case of PDA, WAP, text-mode, and browsers with Javascript disabled (such as High-Security IE, Mozilla's new Javascript function granularity, etc.)

Javascript solutions are only applicable when you can absolutely, posititively, 100% verify the client configuration.. i.e. locked down intranet usage. Anything else is just a "best-guess" approach.

Rule 1: Never trust the client (config)

Your solution may work, but isn't bulletproof. I'm accustomed to having to code my web-based work against a minimum of 11 browsers (IE, Konqueror, Galeon, Opera, Dillo, Mozilla, Netscape, Lynx, Links, Amaya, and w3m). In my case, pages must validate to XHTML 1.0 Transitional and be 100% CSS1 and CSS2 compliant. Very strict requirements, but the end result is near-perfection (and yes, the pages look good too, and I don't have to use tables or Javascript)

Another approach to this is to take a simple submit form, and send the user to a confirm form, which has an expiration set. If the user clicks Back and tries to resubmit, the confirmation form will fail. Instead of submitting directly from the main entry form, submit the values from a "Are these values correct?" type of page.

TMTOWTDI.

In reply to Re: just disable the button! by hacker
in thread Avoiding a second click by MMilani

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