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ZachCase
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8 years ago

What Does This Hidden Input Do, and Is It Safe to Remove for a Specific Use Case?

I am adding some functionality to a form that has a field that quietly updates the RedirectURL to a code page we have created. To get to this form, a user comes in from an "Add Entry" button on a reco...
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_anomDiebolt_
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8 years ago
It isn't documented and it used in conjunction with returning to the prior page. I presume it is some type of optimization used to return to a cached version of the report stored on the QuickBase server rather than generating the report anew each time the page is visited. This is speculation.

In general you can delete these ancillary parameters. You might want to read the bottom of this post which provides some info on related issues:

Some Notes On QuickBase URLs
https://community.quickbase.com/quickbase/topics/some-notes-on-quickbase-urls-i-had-written-up
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ZachCase
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8 years ago
Awesome, I appreciate the quick response! Thank you for the insight.