Classic ASP - mimic Back browser button

Question

What is the best way to have a button mimic the "Back" browser button?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 26 '13 at 21:47

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Using the browser side javascript call history.back.

window.history.back()

answered Mar 26 '13 at 21:47

DragonZero

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 26 '13 at 21:48

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<a href="<%=Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER")%>">Back</a>

answered Mar 26 '13 at 21:48

David Starkey

This has to be the best answer for a question which specifies Classic ASP :) – John Mar 26 '13 at 22:41
I like it better since it can be done server-side only. JS means you have to hit the client browser before going back. There are also a few issues with using JS to go back. – David Starkey Mar 26 '13 at 22:44
For the ones who are new to ASP: in this case REFERER is spelled incorrectly (should be referrer) but this is how it was defined. See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3087626/was-the-misspelling-of-the-http-field-name-referer-intentional – Michiel van der Blonk Jun 21 '18 at 13:27

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