Closed
Bug 72306
Opened 24 years ago
Closed 24 years ago
Forms are resubmitted too often!
Categories
(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect)
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(Reporter: fgoldstein, Assigned: rods)
Details
When backspacing to a page that contains forms material or that are generated
in response to a form, Mozilla 0.8 asks me if I want to resubmit the material
that generated the form. It never lets me just go back to a form-generated
page. This causes HUGE errors!
It works fine if the form-generated page is idempotent, that is, if
resubmitting the form gets the same results every time. Web searches are a
good example.
It blows up BADLY when used for transactions. On my Internet bank account
(on dcu.fi1.com) tonight, I entered the form to transfer funds from one account
to another. It acknowledged it, and put up a button to go back to the
balances. That button actually did a "back". Mozilla queried me about whether
I wanted to go ahead and resubmit the form. I did. The account-transfer was
executed AGAIN, causing a DOUBLE transaction!
LIkewise, while trying to create a user account on a web site, I clicked on the
"terms of service" which came up on the page just after submitting my user
info. I had not yet clicked "accept" to open the account. I could NOT go
back! Instead, it insisted on RESUBMITTING the form. This caused an ERROR on
the web site, because the name I was registering was already taken! By me, and
not verified, and not cancellable -- the name I wanted is now lost! Then I
couldn't sign up with a new name (this is a Lycos site) because my ADDRESS and
personal information were already "in use" -- it spotted me as trying to create
a duplicate entry. So I couldn't get in, period.
Netscape 4.x gets this right. Please BACK OFF on this "favor"! Thank you.
dup
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 55055 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
verified dup.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Updated•6 years ago
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Component: HTML: Form Submission → DOM: Core & HTML
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