Hello, our configuration is as follows: Production: ------------------------ RedHat 6.1 IBM JDK 1.1.8 Apache httpd 1.3 9 Tomcat 3.2.1 Development: ------------------------ Win NT 4.0/Win 98 IBM JDK 1.1.8 Apache httpd 1.3 9 Tomcat 3.2.1 The developed application works fine with cookie browser support, but without cookie support, we run in one special problem. We use mod_rewrite in Apache httpd in order to handle URL's like: http://www.domain.com/shop/cashstyle.jsp;jsessionid=7y5yoj91n2?act=start&ste p=1 This works right. In the Java application we use response.encodeURL(...) to instruct Tomcat to generate an URL with the current session id. This method call we use in different JSP-files, but also in public methods of some JavaBeans, which generates HTML output. Let's construct the following situation: ============================================================= We have a method, that construct the following URL: 1. with cookie support url_1 = http://www.domain.com/shop/cashstyle.jsp?act=start&step=1 2. with URL rewriting url_2 = http://www.domain.com/shop/cashstyle.jsp;jsessionid=7y5yoj91n2?act=start&ste p=1 When we now use the two constructed url's with the following method calls, we get different results: context.getRequestDispatcher(url_1).include(request, response); result: O.K., page with url_1 will be included ... context.getRequestDispatcher(url_1).forward(request, response); result: O.K., it will be forwarded to the page with url_1 context.getRequestDispatcher(url_2).include(request, response); result: O.K., page with url_2 will be included ... context.getRequestDispatcher(url_2).forward(request, response); result: FAILED, NO FORWARDING !!! We have now implemented as workaround a method, that looks for a session id in the path parameter, if a RequestDispatcher.forward(...) should be processed, and cuts it (;jsessionid=xyz24356). But this isn't a nice solution !!! QUESTION: Why doesn't work a forward with an URL with a jsessionid ? Thanks in advance, Ralf Zimmerer. (temporary at Dresdner Bank: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) NINA.de Internet Service Agentur http://www.nina.de/ http://www.liveshop.de/