Back to Search Results implementation

Question

What's the best way to implement "Back to Search Results" in an ASP.NET application? I've been letting users do the BACK button in the browser, but they always get a prompt to resubmit the form.

Is there an effective way to work around this resubmit?

Should I cache the search criteria/url in session and redirect them when they press 'back'?

What's the best practice here?

Answer 1

You get this warning when a page in the browser history was the direct result of an http POST. This is avoided if your search form uses method GET instead of method POST.

Answer 2

I'd pass the search criteria in querystring and make the back link something like <a href='/Search.aspx?q=keywords'>Back</a> instead.