Servlets are share by ALL clients, so the first request in gets the if,
every other request gets the else!
The way around this is to use a session for each client, and store the flag
in the session,
Kevin Jones
DevelopMentor
www.develop.com
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Narayanaswamy, Kumaran
> (CTS)
> Sent: 18 September 2000 04:57
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Code to be executed once
>
>
> Hi
> My Problem is as follows
> I have a part of Code which should be excuted only for the first
> request,so
> Iam having a flag called firstTime which i had declared at
> <%! boolean firsttime = false %>
> and in the tag <% if(!firsttime) {
> firsttime = true;
> execute the code only once for first request
> } else {
>
> }%>
> The code works fine for the first clients request but when Second Client
> request comes it directly goes to the else part wheareas first time it
> should go to the if part and then later requests should take him
> to the else
> part.
> How to do this???
> Thanks
>
>
> with regards,
> Kumaran
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