Thanks George, A simple goof up can cause alot of headaches...... I was
using res.setContentType("text/plain") instead of --
res.setContentType("text/html"). Ahhhh
Thanks,
Antonio A. Villafana
Systems Analyst
Parikh Advanced Systems
(804) 559-1035
----- Original Message -----
From: George Ter-Saakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: Simple .shtml test
> You forget to do
> res.setContentType("text/html");
>
> Also you must understand that servlet is running on server side. Not on
> client side. So it does not matter what type of browser you have. Browser
> does not see you <SERVLET> tag.
>
> Such behavior is just because when content type is not set IE by default
> thinks it's HTML. Netscape thinks it's plain text and shows it as plain
> text.
>
> George.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Antonio Villafana [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 10:20 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Simple .shtml test
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> > Here's my problem.... Can someone tell me why this <servlet> tag works
in
> > IE and not Netscape. The 'ssiexample.shtml' example that came with
> > ServletExec works fine in both IE and Netscape. The 'login' servlet is
> > registered in ServletExec admin. Therefore I do not need the 'code' or
> > 'codebase' in the <servlet> tag.
> > When 'test.shtml' is opened in Netscape, it just displays the HTML codes
> > on the page. INCLUDING the response generated by the 'login' servlet.
> >
> > Here is the 'test.shtml' snippet:
> > <HTML><HEAD><title>TEST PAGE</title></HEAD>
> > <p>my .shtml test</p>
> > <BODY> <SERVLET NAME="login"> </SERVLET></BODY></HTML>
> >
> > Here is the 'login' snippet:
> > try {
> > String name = null;
> > con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:thin:@mail:1521:ora",
> > "vahps", "manager");
> > stmt = con.createStatement();
> > rs = stmt.executeQuery ("select username from user_pass where
> > userclass = 'test'");
> > out.println("<FORM>");
> > out.println("<SELECT NAME=selname>");
> > out.println("<OPTION SELECTED VALUE=0> --Choose a Name--");
> > int i = 1;
> > while (rs.next()) {
> > name = (rs.getString("username"));
> > out.println("<OPTION VALUE=" + name + ">" + name);
> > }
> > out.println("</SELECT></FORM>");
> > }
> > catch (SQLException e) {
> > out.println("SQLException caught: " + e.getMessage());
> > }
> > catch (Exception e) {
> > out.println("<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Connection
Failure</TITLE></HEAD>");
> > out.println("<BODY>Cannot connect to db.Bad connection
script<BR>");
> > out.println(e.getMessage() + "<BR>");
> > out.println("</BODY></HTML>");
> > }
> >
> > Here is what get displayed in Netscape:
> > <HTML><HEAD><title>TEST PAGE</title></HEAD>
> > <p>my .shtml test</p>
> > <BODY>
> > <FORM>
> > <SELECT NAME=m1>
> > <OPTION SELECTED VALUE=0> --Choose a Name--
> > <OPTION VALUE=ray>ray
> > <OPTION VALUE=birnie>birnie
> > </SELECT></FORM>
> > </BODY></HTML>
> >
> > Antonio A. Villafana
> > Systems Analyst
> > Parikh Advanced Systems
> > (804) 559-1035
>
>
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