In the message screen in the onclick event of GoBack button, write a java
script function window.history.back() ( onclick="window.history.back()" ).
So the previous page will be displayed with old values. It is similar to
pressing the back button in the browser.
hope this helps
>From: Matt Penner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: How to retain value?
>Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 11:08:35 -0800
>
> You may want to check that your page isn't set to not cache
>anything
>otherwise it wont keep any values when you go back. If you don't find an
>answer why don't you send the info back to your form? You should just be
>able to create a dynamic form that accepts a post and takes the values
>passed to it as the default values for the username and the first name.
>
> ~Matt Penner
>
> -----Original Message-----
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>API Technology. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of s
>saravanan
>Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 8:09 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: How to retain value?
>
>Hi everybody,
>
> I have a doubt regarding passing of values from servlet program.
>
>My doubt is:
>
>I have form with 2 text fields for Username and Firstname. When i enter the
>values and i submit , it will check with the database for username in the
>server whether username is there or not. If it not there both the values
>must insert otherwise it should say some message that "username is already
>in use" and there one button called "Goback" is there.
>
>Upto this i have done it is working fine. But if i press GoBack button it
>goes the previous page(i used response.sendRedirect(path)
>But if i go that page , the values of first name is not retained.
>
>So i need the value to be retained---this how to be done?
>
>Help me in this !! Urgent!!!
>
>Thanks,
>saravanan.s
>
>
>
>
>
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