How to differentiate Page requested versus Page refresh

[adam]

Hi ASP Expert,

I encounter a page reload situation in ASP.
It is I need a way to differentiate whether the current page -
"Application_Re sult.asp" got reloaded itself when user click on the browser
Refresh button or is requested by the previous page "Application_Fo rm.asp".

I tried using
<%if Request.ServerV ariables("REQUE ST_METHOD") = "POST" then%>
<!--it is requested from "Application_Fo rm.asp, do something-->
<%else%>
<!--Application_Res ult.asp refreshed itself(such as user clicks on the
browser Refresh button, do something else-->
<%end if%>

However, in both cases, the IF statement above all evaluated as true.
Any idea about how to differentiate this two different behavior (Page
Refresh versus Page requested by another Page) ?

Thanks for your help!

-adam

[John Beschler]

RE: How to differentiate Page requested versus Page refresh

Store a value in some session variable.
I.E. Session("MyVAR" ) = "MyPage")
In the second page test for that value
IF Session("MyVar" ) = "MyPage" Then
'This page weas called from the previous page
End If
Make sure you clear the session variable so that refreshes do not simply
refresh the var
Session("MyVar" ) = ""

HTH




"adam" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi ASP Expert,
>
> I encounter a page reload situation in ASP.
> It is I need a way to differentiate whether the current page -
> "Application_Re sult.asp" got reloaded itself when user click on the browser
> Refresh button or is requested by the previous page "Application_Fo rm.asp".
>
> I tried using
> <%if Request.ServerV ariables("REQUE ST_METHOD") = "POST" then%>
> <!--it is requested from "Application_Fo rm.asp, do something-->
> <%else%>
> <!--Application_Res ult.asp refreshed itself(such as user clicks on the
> browser Refresh button, do something else-->
> <%end if%>
>
> However, in both cases, the IF statement above all evaluated as true.
> Any idea about how to differentiate this two different behavior (Page
> Refresh versus Page requested by another Page) ?
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> -adam[/color]

[Larry Bud]

Re: How to differentiate Page requested versus Page refresh


adam wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi ASP Expert,
>
> I encounter a page reload situation in ASP.
> It is I need a way to differentiate whether the current page -
> "Application_Re sult.asp" got reloaded itself when user click on the browser
> Refresh button or is requested by the previous page "Application_Fo rm.asp".[/color]


I take it your application_res ult.asp page is retriving the form data
and entering it into a database? If so, and your goal is to prevent
someone from reposting data so that it doesn't get entered twice into a
table, what I like to do is a response.redire ct to the SAME PAGE as the
post after the data. So in application_res ult.asp, do

response.redire ct("applicaton_ result.asp")

Since the response.redire ct is NOT a post, if the user refreshes, it's
just reloading the result page. It also doesn't screw up your history
and the user doesn't even know it's happening because it's all done
serverside.