back to referring page

[Mike Brearley]

I was wondering if there was an easy way to have a form set up so that when
the submit button is pressed, it goes to a confirmation page that contains a
back button that goes back to the page that called the form.

Basically, I'm looking at a scenario where 10 pages can call the form, but I
want to user to be able to click the back button and be returned to the page
they were on when they click on the link to the form.

I thought that maybe using javascript:hist ory.go(-2) would work, but if the
form is reloaded for any reason, gaing back 2 pages goes back to the form.

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Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.

Mike Brearley

[Aaron Bertrand - MVP]

Re: back to referring page

Why not make the referring URL part of the form data.

<form name=a onsubmit='docum ent.a.referer.v alue=document.l ocation.href';>
<input type=hidden name=referer>
....

Then on the next page,

<input type=button onclick='locati on.href="<%=req uest.form("refe rer")%>";'>

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Aaron Bertrand
SQL Server MVP

http://www.aspfaq.com/

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> Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
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> lack of caffeine.
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> Mike Brearley
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[Mike Brearley]

Re: back to referring page

what about calling the form page with something like
'form.asp?refer er=thispage.htm ' Question is, how do I find out what referer
is and use it or what's the correct way of doing this?

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Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.

Mike Brearley

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> Why not make the referring URL part of the form data.
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> <input type=hidden name=referer>
> ...
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> Then on the next page,
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> <input type=button[/color]
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>
> --
> Aaron Bertrand
> SQL Server MVP
> http://www.aspfaq.com/
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