Thanks for the tip, but I'm trying to avoid javascript as much as 
possible.  It looks like I'll have to go ahead and manage my session 
form manually, and use a request-scoped form so that the auto-population 
doesn't blow away the properties.  

Thanks again,
Angie

Eddie Bush wrote:

> Actually ... I've never done this before, but ...
>
> Why couldn't you invoke a javascript method on your Cancel button that 
> invoked the forms reset method?  That might be the easiest solution ...
>
> Eddie Bush wrote:
>
>> Just quickly thinking it over ...
>>
>> When your form submits, you're going to hit an action.  Your action 
>> is going to look and see what the user told you they wanted to do and 
>> act appropriately.  Now, that doesn't help you keep the form from 
>> being populated, but you can certainly keep from updating your 
>> persistent storage using this information - and know that, instead, 
>> you should request fresh data to repopulate the form with.  I like to 
>> rename my buttons to something like "action" or "userAction" - and 
>> give all of them the same name - so I can judge off the value of that 
>> parameter what the user is telling me they'd like to have happen.
>>
>> That's my "spontaneous, first-cut" answer.  I can't think of a way to 
>> circumvent the population ... 
>
>
>

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