mod_cgi/1095: Strange request to Repost Form Data ? prompt upon successful cgi script completion.

[Cherre Neitzka <cl...@chicago.telusys.com>]

>Number:         1095
>Category:       mod_cgi
>Synopsis:       Strange request to Repost  Form Data ? prompt upon successful cgi script completion.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache (Apache HTTP Project)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Sep  4 10:40:02 1997
>Originator:     cln@chicago.telusys.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.2.4
>Environment:
BSDI 2.1, Apache 1.2.4, gcc compiler
>Description:
I am experiencing a very strange problem upon the successful completion of
a cgi script that lists various search results and a displays a new form
to continue searching.  

Basically everything works perfectly without any errors expect that in
Netscape 3.0.1, a window is displayed upon successful completion of the cgi
script, requesting whether the user would like to Repost Form Data ?

This behavior occurs on Win NT and 95 and only on Netscape 3.  This error
does not occur on Netscape 4, Netscape on Mac, or on Internet Explorer version
3 or above on any system.

If the user clicks "Ok" a duplicate "POST" request is made to the cgi script
which finishes successfully again without the Repost Form Data ? prompt. This
behavior continues to alternate between receiving the prompt and not
receiving the prompt despite the fact that the output is always correct
and complete.

I suspect this is a HTTP protocol or cache negotiation problem but I have not
been able to change the behavior successfully.  Forcing HTTP 1.0 responses
don't seem to help.
>How-To-Repeat:
Please contact me privately if you would like a url.

>Fix:
I haven't come up with anything
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: