[ale] javascript question

[lists at serioustechnology.com (Geoffrey)]

I'm trying to find a short cut way to do something in javascript.

Got a page full of fields.  User finishes inputing data, and submits. 
The data produces an error and therefore I need to refresh the page and 
let them fix the data.

This data is validated in a database, so I can't simply check the data 
before submission.

We were trying:

window.location.reload(history.go(-1))

But that refreshes the page as well as attempts to resubmit with the 
invalid data.

Suggestions?  I'm trying to not rebuild the page by hand with the 
pre-populated fields, but that might be what I have to do.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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