Is there a way to use javascript history to refresh the previous page

Could do with a little help on this one?

[tantalus]

It'd be really appreciated if anyone could help me out here.

Essentially I'd like to use javascript:history.back() to take the user back to the page they were viewing previously and update the contents of the page at the same time.

Is this possible?

Thanx in advance for any help.

[DrDoc]

I don't think it's possible to take the user back to the previous page AND refresh it.

[tantalus]

Thanks...

...Damn! Back to the drawing board, I have admit it was a quick fix anyway.

...unless there are any other sugestions? <whimper/>

[DrDoc]

And you can't take them "forward" to the previous page? meaning... do you know which page was the previous one?

[tantalus]

Thats the problem anyone of 26+

[DrDoc]

Static or dynamic pages?
Can you pass a referer in the query string to this page?

[tantalus]

Dynamic.

However...Page A selects data according to a catergory and loops through to display each record within a form with an add to cart button.

With each product appearing in up to three cats i can't see how to pass a unique (to page) referer in the query string.

... if that makes sense

[tantalus]

oops got it.

Working too many hours.

Thanx