Matt,
Did you try what Elijah suggested.I think elijah is right in pointing out
about the "home" word,probably the browser/server is substituting home with
the value u r getting.
Ram
>From: Matt Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: getParameter() help
>Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:45:22 -0800
>
>Here's a boiled down version of my code.
>
>public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
> throws ServletException, java.io.IOException
>{
> String cmd = request.getParameter("cmd");
>
> if (cmd == null || cmd.equals(""))
> {
> ExportHTML(request, response, filePath + "default.htm");
> }
> else if (cmd.equals("load"))
> {
> String pgName = request.getParameter("pg");
>
> if (pgName == null || pgName.equals(""))
> {
> System.out.println("page is missing or empty!!!");
> }
> else
> {
> System.out.println("Outputing page: " + pgName);
> ExportHTML(request, response, filePath + pgName +
>".htm");
> }
> }
> else if (cmd.equals("search"))
> {
> }
>}
>
>ExportHTML() is a function that reads in a html file and outputs it to the
>client.
>
>
>
>Matt
>
>At 02:19 PM 1/16/01, you wrote:
>
>>Matt,
>>
>>You are doing it right.Try restarting the server and close all browser
>>windows that are open(just to make sure that the browser is not dishing
>>out the cached page).Also please post your code so that we can take a look
>>at it.
>>
>>hope this solves your problem
>>Ram
>>
>>>From: Matt Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Subject: Re: getParameter() help
>>>Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:07:56 -0800
>>>
>>>Hi, Ram!
>>>
>>>I tried changing the name "page" to "pg" but that didn't change that
>>>getParameter() returns other part of the text that's not part of the "pg"
>>>variable. I thought maybe I was doing something wrong with the URL in how
>>>the parameters were being passed in the GET that's being executed when
>>>the
>>>URL is clicked on. The first parameter "load" is always correct.
>>>
>>>The separation between values passed is the "&" symbol, right?
>>>
>>>I'm using Tomcat 3.2.1, JDK 1.3, and IE 5.5 on a Win98 machine.
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>Matt
>>>
>>>
>>>At 01:58 PM 1/16/01, you wrote:
>>>>It looks like the "page" could be a key-word and is pulling
>>>>"mainservlet?cmd=load",try changing page to something like "pg" and see
>>>>if
>>>>u get the same error.
>>>>
>>>>Ram
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>From: Matt Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>Subject: getParameter() help
>>>>>Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 12:50:28 -0800
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi, I have a servlet which dispatches out various jsp's. Some of the
>>>>>jsp's
>>>>>resulting html contain links back to the servlet to fire off another
>>>>>page
>>>>>like this:
>>>>><A HREF="mainservlet?cmd=load&page=home">HOME</A>
>>>>>When I do a request.getParameter("cmd") the string I get is "cmd" which
>>>>>is
>>>>>right.
>>>>>When I do request.getParameter("page") the string I get is
>>>>>"mainservlet?cmd=load" which is not right.
>>>>>Does anyone know if I'm doing something wrong with how I'm writing the
>>>>>link
>>>>>back to the servlet?
>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>>Matt Becker
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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