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List:       apache-modperl
Subject:    Re: browser refresh problem
From:       "Ken Y. Clark" <kclark () logsoft ! com>
Date:       2001-09-28 18:01:43
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On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Michael Manning wrote:

> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 13:50:31 -0400
> From: Michael Manning <mike@wctravel.com>
> To: modperl@apache.org
> Subject: browser refresh problem
>
> Hi:
> I am using a server with the following info: Apache/1.3.11 (Unix)
> mod_perl/1.24 secured_by_Raven. 5.7 Generic_106541-08 sun4u sparc SUNW,
> Ultra-5_10.
>
> I have developed a program which reads a flat file, processes the data,
> prints out the rows of data, a counter then adds up the rows and produces a
> Total field. The total field is then set to zero and the loop continues
> until the end of the program, where a Grand Total is printed.
>
> On the initial running of the .cgi script it works fine producing the proper
> results. But, if I then press the refresh button on Internet Explorer
> (generally within 5 seconds), the total field does not clear. My program
> starts adding up the data again with a starting number at my final total
> value before the refresh. This continues every time I press the refresh
> button until I wait over five seconds. Then all is well and my program is
> cleared.
>
> Can anyone explain to my why this is happening and what I need to do to
> correct it?
>
> Thanks,
> Michael Manning
> mike@wctravel.com

Michael,

It sounds like you've not properly declared and/or scoped your
variable.  Are you running under "strict"?  Is the variable a global?
Can you post the relevant parts of your code?  Also, do you notice
this behavior when you running Apache in single server mode ("httpd
-X")?

ky

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