You could also try setting a cookie containing the information before (or
maybe during) the redirect. That way you wouldn't need a form submission.
Assuming the client accepts cookies.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Spence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, August 23, 2001 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: Form Posting
>I want to be able to redirect the user to another url on my site, and send
>information to the tcl script residing at that url (register_proc) using
>form data.. without the URL including the content of what I am sending..
so
>I can then operate on that sent data without it being painfully clear what
>that data is to the average joe user... I don't want to use a database and
>store temporary data and refer back to that... it would make it more
complex
>and add to the database usage in areas that don't need more of it...
>
>I'll grab the latest OpenACS stuff and take a look at that as well as
Scotts
>stuff when he releases his next round :)
>
>Thank you.. :)
>
>
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> Patrick Spence, Network Administrator
> Information System Dept.
> 2401 South 24th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034
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>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jerry Asher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 10:52 AM
>Subject: Re: [AOLSERVER] Form Posting
>
>
>> Where do you want the output of the POST request to go? A) Back to your
>> tcl script or B) direct to the user's browser?
>>
>> Where do you want to make this POST request to? C) To any arbitrary
>> webserver or D) to your webserver only?
>>
>> A) && C) => use util_httppost from the OpenACS toolkit
>> B) && C) => screwed (or use util_httppost and then send that output back
>> yourself)
>> D) => use Rob Mayoff's internal redirection module (www.dqd.com)
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>>
>>
>> At 10:07 AM 8/23/01, you wrote:
>> >I am looking for some easy way (i.e. a tcl routine not a C routine or
>> >module) to post form data into a URL without passing it on the URL line
>> >itself... instead of redirecting to say
>> >http://www.foo.com/bar?msg1=hello&msg2=bye I would like to do something
>> >like this:
>> >
>> >add_form_value storagevariable "msg1" "hello"
>> >add_form_value storagevariable "msg2" "bye"
>> >
>> >post_form "http://www.foo.com/bar"; $storagevariable
>> >
>> >and have it redirect to the url and post the data the same as if a user
>had
>> >filled out a form and hit "submit" instead of the URL based method..
>> >
>> >Does anyone know how to do this? Any help would be appreciated....
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> > Patrick Spence, Network Administrator
>> > Information System Dept.
>> > 2401 South 24th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034
>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.vitamist.com
>>
>> =====================================================
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