Here's the scenario: I am getting input data from the user and have
determined that the user has made an error. I want to redisplay the last
page so they can fix the errors.
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From: "QM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: 'referer' header contains Servlet path, not referrer
> On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 03:16:19PM +0530, Keith Hankin wrote:
> : I am trying to determine what JSP page sent me to my Servlet, so I use
request.getHeader("referer"). Unfortunately, the String returned is the
Servlet itself and not the actual referer. This seems like a bug to me. Is
there some way to get the actual referer?
>
> The "referer" header isn't reliable. Browsers may refuse to send it,
> for privacy reasons.
>
> What's your high-level goal?
>
> -QM
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