thanks Ray,
here is the page which is strictly a test page
clock_button.php
It has a static webassist framework with the trigger 'always'
The source page is
clock_auction1.php
the source page has a javascript countdown to a certain datetime
the clock_button page submit button updates the certain datetime plus 60 seconds
the source page has a meta tag auto refresh so that when the recordset with the certain datetime is changed, it starts the countdown.
Is there a way to get the button page to not autorefresh?
Regards,
-Jim Balthrop