Hidden form variables

How do I pass hidden form variables in Python. I have a cgi that performs a search on a database. I want to be able to perform subsequent searches on the database after the initial one, however because of the database structure I am unable to save a hitlist then return to it, so I need to pass the previous search details as a hidden variable to the cgi, to get the effect of subsequent searches, does anyone know how I would go about doing that?

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You could put a hidden form field in
<input type="hidden" name="whatever" value="variablevalue">

Then you can access it in Python with the variable name being whatever.

Does that make sense?