netscape: unwanted double form submit

Ive got a javascript form validation script attached to a form's "onSubmit" handler, the users entered information is then sent to a cgi script. The cgi script is the formmail perl script from matts script archive.

The problem happens when i check the page using netscape browsers with the "security alert box" option active (the one that talks about information being viewable when submitted).

The first alert box appears when i click the submit button, i click "ok", then a second one appears when the my "thanks" page loads. When i click ok in this second alert, the "thanks" page reloads. Then two identical emails end up being generated instead of one.

Has anyone had similar trouble?

Please post your code so it can be reviewed.

I recommend not using an onSubmit handler and trying something like this:

<A HREF="javascript:validateForm()"><IMG SRC="a_submit_image"></A>

and then in the validateForm() use

if(!errors) {
self.document.forms[0].submit();
}
else {
alert("Please fill in the following fields :" + errors);
}

That's without seeing the code. I would avoid using the onSubmit myself.

What version of Netscape is it?

sorry, i forgot i'd posted here and i lost the code....

but the problem was with Netscape Navigator 4.7 and Netscape 6

thanks