> Hope this helps.

yup! u have been great help...

just one more question, is this valid: ?

String eventName = "myEvent";
response.sendRedirect(
response.encodeRedirectURL("/foodir/foo.jsp?eventName=" + eventName));

also, why will the following NOT work?:

String eventName = "myEvent";
...
<jsp:forward
page="eventNotFound.jsp?event=<%=URLEncoder.encode(eventName)%>"/>


thanks!
parag.


> ---------------
> String eventName = request.getParameter("eventName");
 ...
> if(eventNotFound) {
>
>     <jsp:forward
> page="eventNotFound.jsp?event=<%=URLEncoder.encode(eventName)%>"/>
> }
> -----------------
>
> is this URL rewriting? also, could anyone tell me why this code is not
> running?
> the error i get is:
>
> javax.servlet.ServletException
>         at
>
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.handlePageException(PageContextImp
> l.java:386)
>         at
>
_0002feventView_0002ejspeventView_jsp_36._jspService(_0002feventView_0002ejs
> peventView_jsp_36.java:447)
>         at
> org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:126)
>         at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
>         at
>
org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.service(JspServlet.ja
> va:174)
>         at
> org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:261)
>         at
org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:369)
>         at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
>         at
>
org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:503)
>         at
> org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:559)
>         at
>
org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnection(HttpC
> onnectionHandler.java:160)
>         at
>
org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpConnectionThread.run(SimpleTcpEndpoint.java:338
> )
>         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java)
>
> Root cause:
> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
>         at javax.servlet.http.HttpUtils.parseName(HttpUtils.java:285)
>         at
javax.servlet.http.HttpUtils.parseQueryString(HttpUtils.java:154)
>         at
>
org.apache.tomcat.core.RequestDispatcherImpl.addQueryString(RequestDispatche
> rImpl.java:326)
>         at
>
org.apache.tomcat.core.RequestDispatcherImpl.forward(RequestDispatcherImpl.j
> ava:155)
>         at
>
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.forward(PageContextImpl.java:357)
>         at
>
_0002feventView_0002ejspeventView_jsp_36._jspService(_0002feventView_0002ejs
> peventView_jsp_36.java:195)
>         at
> org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:126)
>         at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
>         at
>
org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.service(JspServlet.ja
> va:174)
>         at
> org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:261)
>         at
org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:369)
>         at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
>         at
>
org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:503)
>         at
> org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:559)
>         at
>
org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnection(HttpC
> onnectionHandler.java:160)
>         at
>
org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpConnectionThread.run(SimpleTcpEndpoint.java:338
> )
>         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java)
>
>
> thanks!
> parag.
>
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