63293 - Reloading CGI generated pages fails to resubmit data to CGI

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core :: DOM: Navigation, defect, P3)

Description

[Brian Z]

Build ID: 2000121820

When reloading a cgi page generated by data from a form, the data isn't reposted
to the CGI.  If you using the back and forward buttons within a set of CGI pages
that transfer data to eachother, the data will be reposted to each.  Thanks!

Comment 1

[Doron Rosenberg (IBM)]

do you have an exmaple url?

Comment 2

[Brian Z]

This is running on my personal computer.  It *should* be up the rest of today,
but no promises.  It's some development cgi's I'm working on.  

Login admin 
Password test 

Reload the first (menu) page after it loads.  You can also play around in the
script if you want, but not a whole lot of it works.  Sorry bout the sloppy
source, I'll get it cleaned up soon.  Wish I had a better example, but this is
where I noticed it.  Thanks!

Comment 3

[Keyser Sose]

Ok I see this in Mozilla
Platform: PC
OS: Linux 2.2.16
Mozilla Build: 2000121908 M18 Trunk Build


I checked in Netscape 4.6 and it asks if we should repost the data. So there is definitly something wrong the way Mozilla Handles it. Marking NEW.

Comment 4

[timeless]

form submission? or history? reassign if i'm wrong

Comment 5

[rods (gone)]

This may or may not be related to Bug 62739 - reassigning

Comment 6

[Brian Z]

Nominiating .9 because this affects operation with dynamically generated pages.

Comment 7

[Radha on family leave (not reading bugmail)]

May be related to bug 55055?

Comment 8

[Brian Z]

Bumping up the sevarity since this can lead to dataloss if I user reloads a
dynamic page, and it is also a pain for CGI developers like me.

Comment 9

[Brian Z]

Added nsbeta1 keyword.  This bug keeps me from using mozilla for my daily CGI
programming job.

Login is now aquinas, password aquinas.  This is a test account, use it all you like

Comment 10

[Vadim Berezniker]

Gives me a lot of pain when I have to go back and then forward just to test a
script. Sometimes I end up pressing reload and then I have to go back. It's
quiet annoying. 
And I have to do quiet a bit of testing every single day.

Comment 11

[Kevin McCluskey (gone)]

works for me with todays build on WINNT. 
setting to WORKSFORME

Comment 12

[Vadim Berezniker]

I still see this.
Build 2001-2-28 #8 Linux

Comment 13

[Vadim Berezniker]

For example, go to www.slashdot.org. 
Fill in some random values for username/password.
On the next page, try reloading.
And instead of reposting the data, it will simply GET the script.
(First the page will say 'Error logging in', after reload it will be 'Login' as
if the script didn't get the data.)

Comment 14

[Vladimir Ermakov]

Still seeing this on 2001-03-08-04-Mtest, reopening

Comment 15

[Marek Z. Jeziorek]

per triage: changing platform to Linux and milestone to 0.9.1

Comment 16

[Eric Pollmann]

Sounds like session history / docshell interaction, over to Radha...

Comment 17

[Vadim Berezniker]

I'm using the build from the March 23rd(on Linux) and reposting data works for
me at the moment.

Comment 18

[Brian Z]

looking better.  Works on 032704.  When reloading, I get a prompt asking if that
is what I want to do.  Not sure if this is the best way to go about it.  I'll
leave that open for discussion.

Comment 19

[Radha on family leave (not reading bugmail)]

I think this is fixed bu\y my fix to bug 55055. 

1) I go to the above site.
2) Login
3) Press reload.

The page reloads just fine. no dialog shown. Marking this fixed. Please reopen 
if there are problems.

Comment 20

[Vladimir Ermakov]

Verifying on build 2001-04-17-08-trunk Linux RedHat 6.2
2001-04-17-04-trunk windows 98