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I am very impressed with SafeCracker and have it working for an awards entry site.

I have set this up so that it always uses an url_title, and works as you expect. The url_title is taken from segment_4. If the entry doesn’t exist it makes it, and from then on it simply edits. Exactly as i want. BUT, i have started to notice some repeat entries (same url_title with one added digit).

I have replicated this by after submitting the entry for the fist time (ie making the new entry) if you click browser back rather than the buttons on the website that cause the pages to reload, then click save again it will create a new entry rather than edit the one with that url_title. I assume because it is simply going back in the cache, it keeps some hidden inputs in the form instructing to make a new entry? Obviously reloading the page fixes this, though I need to make this water tight.

Are there any checks i can do on submission to see if the entry exists?

Thanks

Mark

Hi, Mark.

Quick question for you.. do you have a return= setting, and are you using Secure forms? It very possibly could be a bug, but a sample template I could test this with would be helpful.

Hi Sue,

Sure here is the header -

{exp:safecracker channel="entries" return="profile/index" author_only="yes" url_title="{segment_4}" include_jquery="no" safecracker_head="no" rules:contact_email="valid_email"}

There is one unconventional thing I am doing, which is setting the return and return_url with jquery before submitting the form. as below -

function sendForm(goto){
 
   $('input[name="return"]').val('profile/'+goto);
   $('input[name="return_url"]').val('profile/'+goto);
        
   document.getElementById('publishForm').submit();

 
};

As the member has option to ‘save and continue’ or ‘save and previous’, Though not sure this is the cause.

Posted as a bug.

Is there any update on this because I’ve just discovered the same problem?

Thanks

Hi, John. Not yet. It is listed as confirmed, though.

I have found a hack for this -

http://my.opera.com/rb79/blog/2008/03/22/force-reload-refresh-when-pressing-the-back-button

Seems to do the trick for me… Still an EE solution would be better.

M

Hi scrotd,

Thanks for sharing your resource on a solution. Keep an eye on the bug report for any progress towards an ExpressionEngine based solution. Is there anything else we can assist you with?

Cheers!