Can you clear a form in a perl script

[terry]

I need a simple way to clear a form after the form is processed in a
perl script.

It's a "tell a friend" type cgi script. I'm getting users using the
"back button" and resubmitting the form and spaming me.

I've got many pages using this script and I don't want to use a
javascript (which would require changing all the pages).

please email me at (e-mail address removed) with any suggestions.

Thanks
Terry

 

[Ignoramus19197]

I need a simple way to clear a form after the form is processed in a
perl script.

It's a "tell a friend" type cgi script. I'm getting users using the
"back button" and resubmitting the form and spaming me.

I've got many pages using this script and I don't want to use a
javascript (which would require changing all the pages).

please email me at (e-mail address removed) with any suggestions.

This is actually not at all a perl question, it is a HTML/javascript
question. I do not believe that what you want, can be done without
javascript.

And, the users do not need to click the back button to resend the
form, they can simply click the RELOAD button on the form result.

i

 

[John Bokma]

I need a simple way to clear a form after the form is processed in a
perl script.

It's a "tell a friend" type cgi script. I'm getting users using the
"back button" and resubmitting the form and spaming me.

I've got many pages using this script and I don't want to use a
javascript (which would require changing all the pages).

Create a file with the last n IP addresses that has been using the
service, and don't allow it to be used again in n minutes.

please email me at (e-mail address removed) with any suggestions.

Post here, read here.

 

[Jürgen Exner]

I need a simple way to clear a form after the form is processed in a
perl script.

Would the answer to your request be any different if your were using C or
COBOL instead of Perl? Ergo you don't have a Perl question.

It's a "tell a friend" type cgi script. I'm getting users using the
"back button" and resubmitting the form and spaming me.

Although possible it's much more likely that you simply created an open barn
door for spammers and they are exploiting your poor security using automated
scripts instead of users hitting a back button.
You may want to read up on basic web service security.

I've got many pages using this script and I don't want to use a
javascript (which would require changing all the pages).

And which wouldn't help against automated submission anyway

please email me at (e-mail address removed) with any suggestions.

How much are you paying?

jue

 

[Tad McClellan]

please email me at (e-mail address removed) with any suggestions.

It sure has been a long time since I've seen this most heinous
form of netiquette breach.

Off to perpetual invisibility for you...