What I did in this instance is store the form that you wish to post, with all the input types as `hidden' and a string that will be replaced with any values that go into the form (sort of like how you do a prepared statement), something like #XXX-VALUE#. Then at the bottom you have javascript (see below) that auto-posts the form. Something like this (the below html/javascript searches a database for whatever #XXX-VALUE# is replaced with): <html> <body> <form ACTION="http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/cgi-bin/srchcgi.exe" METHOD=POST name="search"> <input type=hidden name="DBID" value=pdq> <input type=hidden name="SFMT" value="pdq_results/10000/0/0/1"> <input type=hidden name="QUERY" value="stop=0/0/1000/0"> <input type=hidden name="TYPE" value=search> <INPUT type=hidden name="JSTEST" value="no"> <input type=hidden name="SRCHFORM" value="passthru=:srchform:PDQ:"> <INPUT type=hidden name="SINFO" value="y"> <input type=hidden name="FIELD_100" VALUE="#XXX-VALUE#"> <INPUT type=hidden name="FIELD_100_CTL" value=EXPR> <INPUT type=hidden name="FIELD_100_ID" value="Text"> <INPUT type=hidden size=11 name="GoButton" value="Search"> <INPUT type=hidden name="FIELD_210" value="[ZFILE]treatment"> <INPUT type=hidden name="FIELD_210_CTL" value=EXPR> <INPUT type=hidden name="FIELD_210_MOP" value=OR> <INPUT type=hidden name="FIELD_210" value="(([ZFILE]prevention and [NAME]prevention) OR [ZFILE]genetics)"> <INPUT type=hidden name="FIELD_210_CTL" value=EXPR> <INPUT type=hidden name="FIELD_210" value="([ZFILE]screening and ([NAME]screening) OR [NAME] testing)"> <INPUT type=hidden name="FIELD_210_CTL" value=EXPR> <INPUT type=hidden name="FIELD_210" value="[ZFILE]supportive"> <INPUT type=hidden name="FIELD_210_CTL" value=EXPR> <INPUT type=hidden name="FIELD_210" value="[ZFILE]facts OR [ZFILE]whatknow OR [ZFILE]complementary OR [ZFILE]seer"> <INPUT type=hidden name="FIELD_210_CTL" value=EXPR> <INPUT type=hidden size=11 name="GoButton" value="Search"> </form> <SCRIPT language="Javascript"> document.search.submit(); </script> </body> </html> Hope I helped- ~john -----Original Message----- From: Guilherme Ceschiatti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 5:02 PM To: Orion-Interest Subject: URLConnection using the method POST HI! I need to make a servlet (or JSP page) to get an external page using the method POST. Is it possible with the URLConnection class? Thanks. Guilherme Ceschiatti
