IE back override

[james_lamie_net]

Hi all,

this is my first question in this forum. I have scoured search engines for a suitable answer to my problem but unfortunately have not been able to find a satisfactory answer to my problem.

Basically, I have a search facility which gives a list of results of programmers that satisfy certain criteria. In order to find out more about a specific programmer the user can select a programmer and read more about their skills/experience. On clicking back the user is confronted with the following:

The page you requested was created using information you submitted in a form. This page is no longer available. As a security precaution, Internet Explorer does not automatically resubmit your information for you.

This is because the original search results were generated with post data. I need my site to return directly to the original search results without showing this 'security feature'. http://shiflett.org/articles/guru-speak-nov2004 suggests holding the search form and the results page in different scripts, thus hiding the results page from the back history. But this would not give the desired results, as it would take my users back to the search form and not to the results of their original search.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/026-7613000-4591605 displays the search results of keyword 'cisco' from a POST data generated search. Clicking on any book in the list gives ulterior information about that book and clicking back takes the user straight back to the search results. This is exactly the way I need my site to behave but am failing to achieve it.

It has also been suggested to me to use GET method instead of POST method but this is not the way I wish to go forward as I do not want to open up the site to url rewriting games.

Does anyone know how to override this IE back behaviour while still using the POST method?

Thanx in advance for any answers you can give.

[subwayman]

You could simply retain the post data and create a 'back to search results' button or link which links to the search page with the posted data. I know this runs the search again but this is not necesarily a bad idea on a dynamic site as the search results are always up to date.

[james_lamie_net]

I already considered doing that but don't want to give up so easily. I know it must be possible because I see other websites exhibiting the desired behaviour.

[justsomeone]

Try asking on a javascript forum, as this sounds like its area.

IMHO, meddling with the client-side tools is rarely the right thing to do. You have to make sure that your hack works on all versions of all browsers.

Also, just so you know, using POST instead of GET is no more secure. Both methods are just as vulnerable to URL manipulation. Both GET and POST are requests sent by the browser, and you have no control over what requests the browser will make.

[james_lamie_net]

I know. But manipulating post data would be a little more challenging for the user than simply playing around with the browser viewable url.

Can you reccomend any good javascript forums?

[subwayman]

Javascript.com - it's le chien's bolleaux....

[justsomeone]

[e-mail] wrote:

I know. But manipulating post data would be a little more challenging for the user than simply playing around with the browser viewable url.

Can you reccomend any good javascript forums?

Only a little.

And sorry, no. I don't do much frontend stuff, so I can't recommend a javascript forum.