Jump to #<name tag> in page created by a cgi-bin script

[Tom Kent]

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> From: Ivan Hyde <ihyde at reliant.mnet.uswest.com>
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> Subject: Jump to #<name tag> in page created by a cgi-bin script
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> I seem to have found a problem/bug? in OmniWeb 1.0:
>
> I made a page that is dynamically created from a script based on  
> the cgi values passed in. The page contains an index on the top with  
> links to "name tags" within the created document. When a user
> selects the link, it is not able to jump to the tag, because it
> apparently tries to -reload- the page first, since it is not passing  
> any cgi values, the script fails.
>
> Example:
> 	http://www.math.umn.edu/~ivan/test.html
>
> After Submitting the form click on any one of the spot links...
> It doesn't work...
>
> If anyone has a way around this, please let me know.
>
> OmniGroup:
> You may be aware of this already and have plans to address this
> issue in OW 2.0, but I just make sure there was awareness of the  
> possible bug. This may be inappropriate but, if you try it with
> another Web Browser... say Netscape, it works fine.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ivan
>
>
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Ran into a sililiar problem with CGI for perl.  If you use "hidden"  
variables, the values are preserved for subsequent forms including  
the reload.