You can easily check what happens with a 404 just by starting with a
non-existent URL

Duh. Good idea. I could do the same with a page that always results in a
prompt, if I can find one.

by just setting a variable to point to the links
collection you are just creating a *reference* to the collection, not making
a copy of it. Since the collection only exists in the context of the loaded
page, you will lose your connection when you reload the page.

I thought that might be it.

Thanks for all the help.

Gregg Roberts