yeah, I have returns, why does this do this, there is no documentation in the
JSP spec saying i have to do returns after a redirect. Is this a bug in tomcat?
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> Do you make a return after the sendRedirect?
> ...
> rresponse.sendRedirect("/checkout2.jsp");
> return;
> ...
>
> Otherwise, the output of checkout2.jsp is added (and not a 'new' output).
>
> Hint: Call sendRedirect before you make any output!!!
>
>
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> Von: jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Gesendet am: Freitag, 27. Oktober 2000 18:41
> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Betreff: redirect problems?
>
> Hi,
> We are using Apache 1.3.12 with Tomcat 3.1 and experiencing weird problems.
>
> 1. checkout.jsp (FORM collecting new user info)
> - POSTs to checkout_eng1.jsp
>
> 2. checkout_eng1.jsp
> - adds user from #1 and does a response.sendRedirect("/checkout2.jsp");
>
> 3. checkout2.jsp shows the next FORM asking for mailing address information
>
>
> Weird Symptom #1
> ------------------
> On any version of Internet Explorer (never on netscape) the POST to step #2
> above fails and up comes this IE error "cannot find server or DNS error"
> which
> leads me to beleive that the response.sendredirect() is doing something odd,
> maybe not sending back the correct http location header or something
>
> If you immediatly hit the browsers back button and re-submit the form, it
> then
> works with no problem and as expected. This only seems to occur the first
> time
> submitting forms to a page that re-directs after an operation.
>
> Weird Symptom #2
> ----------------
> occasionally on Internet Explorer AND Netscape.
> User submits info from form #1 above (checkout.jsp), their information is
> added
> to the database and they are redirected to checkout2.jsp, HOWEVER what is
> shown
> on checkout2.jsp is BOTH the previous pages contents (checkout.jsp) AND the
> expected contents of checkout2.jsp with a visible HTTP response header
> printed
> out in between checkout.jsp's contents and checkout2.jsp's contents ALL on
> visible on the URL checkout2.jsp................
>
> Anyone have any ideas? I tried checking the bug database but it appears to
> be
> down.
