Thanks, though "seems to work with most browsers" doesn't inspire
confidence...;)
I'll try the mapping thing, unless there's a good reason why i shouldn't...
Bert
ps
> From: Matthew L. Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Could you re-direct to the CSV file after processing had completed?
but i don't have a csv file - i just have a variable which contains the
info, and unless there's a newbie freindly way of writing it as a file then
serving that up, then i don't think thats an option...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 25 April 2001 18:52
> To: JRun-Talk
> Subject: RE: serving up a csv...
>
>
> There are a few tricks.
> 1. Use a servlet instead:
>
> http://myserver/servlet/csvserver/myfile.csv
>
> where the servlet is named csvserver. This one seems to work
> with most web
> browsers.
>
> 2. If you want to use a JSP, save the JSP page with an
> extension of .csv and
> then add this entry to web.xml:
>
> <servlet-mapping>
> <servlet-name>
> jsp
> </servlet-name>
> <url-pattern> *.csv
> </url-pattern>
> </servlet-mapping>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bert Dawson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 1:19 PM
> To: JRun-Talk
> Subject: serving up a csv...
>
>
> I've got a jsp page that runs a report and has to serve the
> results in csv
> format, in which case it should be opened with excel (or whatever).
>
> I've got it to prompt me to "save file from current
> location/open it" by
> using the page directive contentType="unknown", but the file
> still has a jsp
> extension, so it opens in Jrun Studio - not ideal...
>
> Any ideas how i get it to open/save myfile.csv rather than
> myreport.jsp?
>
> Cheers
> Bert
>
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