passing hidden form variables

[Craig Reichenbach]

Title: passing hidden form variables

Hi,   Here's my scenario:  I have a form on one JSP page that passes the info to another JSP page that processes this info (by calling a stateless session bean). This processing page does not display, so once the the processing is done I pass the client back to the first JSP page.  My question is, how can I pass the user back to the first page using hidden variables? I currently use a form with an automatic javascript "submit()" function. It's OK, but I'd like a better solution.  Can someone enlighten me as to how to automatically submit a form so that I can seamlessly pass the user back to a page with the proper hidden variables??? Thanks, Craig NOTES: I love the response.sendRedirect(), but you must pass your parameters in the URL.  Same with <jsp:forward>