Unless I've missed something, your servlet will never execute again by just
hitting the back or forward buttons on the browser. The user must press the
submit button again in order to reflect the changes made on the first
page -- that's how browser's and interaction with the web server work.
Tom
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christopher
> Beers
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 1999 5:39 AM
> To: Java-Apache-Users-List
> Subject: jserv 1.0 configuration
>
>
> I hope someone can help:
>
> I have a lot of expierence with java servlets, but I have come
> into sort of a jam.
> I am currently running apache v1.3.6 with apache jserv V1.0. I
> have most everything compiled as DSOs. I
> This is my problem.
>
> I have an index.html page which has a link to a servlet. This
> servlet generates a bunch of check boxes and text boses for input. It has
> a submit button. This button, using POST, send the message to another
> servlet.
> This servlet, parses the incoming information, using the
> getParamaterNames() method. I then run through the Enumeration adding
> everything to a HashTable.
> Next, I search the hashtable, looking for specific boxes that were
> checked.
> Now, I generate another page with has textareas. The servlet,
> with the hashtable, works correctly. However, this is my problem.
> If a user, after the servlet generates the textareas, would like
> to change his input(effectively adding or decreasing the amount of text
> areas) then he would hit the back button in his browser.
> However, lets say two check boxes were checked. The user decided
> that only one of those check boxes needed to be checked so he hit his back
> button and removed on check box. He then clicks the next button. The
> original page(the one with two text areas) is shown. The inofrmation does
> not get reposted to my servlet.
> I am not sure how to fix this problem. I am almost certain that
> it is a configuration within my jserv stuff. I am pretty sure it is not
> my code within the servlet.
> Has anyone had this problem and know of a solution.
>
> A brief overview of how to create the problem:
>
> go to http://www.beersy.bu.edu/index1.html
> click on the statusReports link
> check a couple of boxes(I do not care how many)
> click the next button
> Now click the back button and remove some of your checks
> click the next button
> NOW YOU WILL SEE THAT THE INFORMATION IS NOT REPOSTED TO MY SERVLET
>
> How do I fix this?
>
>
>
> Christopher T. Beers Systems Analyst Administrator I
> Office of Information Technology - Boston University
> 111 Cummington Street (617)353-8248
> Boston, MA 02215 (617)353-6260 fax
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