i tried printing out the names of the headers and 'referer' doesn't come up in the jsp file.
it seems that it doesn't record the referer header. but i did try the servlet example and that worked. there shouldn't be an issue whether it is a jsp or a servlet, right? Peter At 03:33 PM 8/28/2002, you wrote: >Incidentally, the value will be null if you access the servlet URL directly, >without an intervening page. > >John > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Turner, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 3:31 PM > > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > > Subject: RE: need to find out the URL of the page that sent > > the request > > > > > > > > No, it's a HTTP spec. > > > > Here's my chance to correct Charlie's correction of my > > original post! :) > > > > I think it should be: > > > > request.getHeader("referer"); (note lower case "r") > > > > If you want to see an example, check the tomcat examples, the > > servlet is > > called RequestHeaderExample and the source code should be > > available in the > > examples directory. > > > > John > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Peter Choe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 3:26 PM > > > To: Tomcat Users List > > > Subject: RE: need to find out the URL of the page that sent > > > the request > > > > > > > > > thanks. but when i tried to do request.getHeader("Referer") > > > it just gave > > > me null. is this browser specific? > > > > > > Peter Choe > > > > > > At 03:12 PM 8/28/2002, you wrote: > > > > > > >You're right, my bad. > > > > > > > >John > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
