Persists the form data, redirects to the same page and retrieves the persisted data into the form, masking the GET request as a POST.
The persisted form data will only be available directly after the redirect.
Throws an exception when the persisted post data is no longer available.

Syntax

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request.form.persistance.transfer() request.form.persistance.transfer(enum options) request.form.persistance.transfer(enum options, locator location)

Parameters

Name	Data Type	Description
options	Enum	The options. Enum values: None No options. AbortOriginalPosting Aborts the request when redirecting after initial post. Any code after the call will not be executed. IgnorePersistedData Does not load persistance data after Post redirection. UseCookie Use session cookie instead of querystring variable. All Combines the AbortOriginalPosting and IgnorePersistedData options.
location	Locator	The location to transfer to.

Return Value

None.

Examples

Request Post Transfer Example

In this example, we transfer a post to another page and work with the posted data there...

Please note that you cannot refresh the page after posting. It will come up with an error:

"Form Persistance data no longer available."

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{request.form.persistance.transfer()} <se:if expression="request.ispostback()"> <se:then> Title = {request.form(txtTitle)}<br /> Body = {request.form(txtBody)}<br /> </se:then> <se:else> <form method="post" class="CoolForm" action="{request.location()}"> <fieldset> <legend title="Please fill in the form">Enter your data</legend> <label for="txtTitle" title="The title of the thing">Title</label> <input size="77" class="text Required" type="text" id="txtTitle" name="txtTitle"/> <br /> <label for="txtBody" title="The body text">Body</label> <textarea cols="80" rows="5" class="resizable" id="txtBody" name="txtBody"></textarea> <br /> <label></label> <button type="submit">Save</button> </fieldset> </form> </se:else> </se:if>

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{request.form.persistance.transfer()}
<se:if expression="request.ispostback()">
    <se:then>
        Title = {request.form(txtTitle)}<br />
        Body = {request.form(txtBody)}<br />
    </se:then>
    <se:else>
        <form method="post" class="CoolForm" action="{request.location()}">
            <fieldset>
                <legend title="Please fill in the form">Enter your data</legend>
                
                <label for="txtTitle" title="The title of the thing">Title</label> 
                <input size="77" class="text Required" type="text" id="txtTitle" name="txtTitle"/>
                <br />

                <label for="txtBody" title="The body text">Body</label>
                <textarea cols="80" rows="5" class="resizable" id="txtBody" name="txtBody"></textarea>
                <br />
                
                <label></label>
                <button type="submit">Save</button>
            </fieldset>
        </form>
    </se:else>
</se:if>

Request Post Transfer (with error trapping) Example

In this example, we transfer a post to another page and work with the posted data there...

When refreshing the page after a post, the error is trapped and a friendly message is shown to the user:

"Cannot process more than once... "

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{request.form.persistance.transfer(error=buffer.set('error', 1))} <se:if expression="buffer.get(error, default=0)!=1"> <se:then> <se:if expression="request.ispostback()" > <se:then> Title = {request.form(txtTitle)}<br /> Body = {request.form(txtBody)}<br /> </se:then> <se:else> <form method="post" class="CoolForm" action="{request.location()}"> <fieldset> <legend title="Please fill in the form">Enter your data</legend> <label for="txtTitle" title="The title of the thing">Title</label> <input size="77" class="text Required" type="text" id="txtTitle" name="txtTitle"/> <br /> <label for="txtBody" title="The body text">Body</label> <textarea cols="80" rows="5" class="resizable" id="txtBody" name="txtBody"></textarea> <br /> <label></label> <button type="submit">Save</button> </fieldset> </form> </se:else> </se:if> </se:then> <se:else> Cannot process more than once... </se:else> </se:if>

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{request.form.persistance.transfer(error=buffer.set('error', 1))}

<se:if expression="buffer.get(error, default=0)!=1">
    <se:then>
        <se:if expression="request.ispostback()" >
            <se:then>
                Title = {request.form(txtTitle)}<br />
                Body = {request.form(txtBody)}<br />
            </se:then>
            <se:else>
                <form method="post" class="CoolForm" action="{request.location()}">
                    <fieldset>
                        <legend title="Please fill in the form">Enter your data</legend>
                
                        <label for="txtTitle" title="The title of the thing">Title</label> 
                        <input size="77" class="text Required" type="text" id="txtTitle" name="txtTitle"/>
                        <br />

                        <label for="txtBody" title="The body text">Body</label>
                        <textarea cols="80" rows="5" class="resizable" id="txtBody" name="txtBody"></textarea>
                        <br />
                
                        <label></label>
                        <button type="submit">Save</button>
                    </fieldset>
                </form>
            </se:else>
        </se:if>
    </se:then>
    <se:else>
        Cannot process more than once...
    </se:else>
</se:if>

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