[Javascript] Prevent expired POST results (Was: Control the window)

[nick at nickfitz.co.uk (Nick Fitzsimons)]

On 30 Aug 2006, at 23:47, Chris Double wrote:

> On 8/30/06, Scott Reynen <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I solve this problem by redirecting POST to GET.
>
> This is a good apprach, I do it as well. It's more generally known as
> the 'Post/Redirect/Get Pattern':
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post/Redirect/Get
>

And may I be the first to point out that my earlier suggestion to use  
HTTP's "301 moved permanently" is a really bad idea, as it would  
potentially prevent people from ever submitting a form to the  
original address again. (I really shouldn't give advice on HTTP when  
my head's full of XSLT and CSS.)

Apologies to those who've just broken their web apps through my  
advice :-(

Nick
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