IT's best to give the user some kind of response, so they knwo their submit has been accepted. Otherwise you get multiple submits, with users thinking your form doesnt work.
So to that extent, a page refresh is a good thing. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On 9/22/06, Richard White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > if you're storing data in the database, you still need to go back to > > the server. so you need an action page (unless you go some AJAX > > route, i suppose). Whether or not the action page displays anything > > is another matter...but you'd still need an action page. > > > thanks for your reply. > > if an action page is used to only store data in the database - say for > example the user has just clicked a save button - and you want the user to > stay on the same page, does this mean that in the action page i: store the > data, then code the action page to go back to the page the user was just > working on (the page they pressed the save button). > > purely for aesthetics i would like the window to appear as if it has not > reloaded - as of course if the action page is called and then it processes > the information and sends the user back to the same page it would look like > the page has refreshed after them clicking save. > > thanks for your help > > ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:253756 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
