Thank you! Your explanation about setting headers is exactly what I was running up against. I went back to the spec, and section JSP.4.4 calls it out very clearly:
"An included page only has access to the JspWriter object and it cannot set headers. This precludes invoking methods like setCookie(). Attempts to invoke these methods will be ignored." In my attempt to find other reasons for my problem, I missed this very obvious cause. I'll have to look now for another solution to the problem I'm trying to solve. Thanks again. Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Hans Bergsten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 11:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: sendRedirect() from within a <jsp:include>? > > > Sorry if I'm missing something, but I believe this thread started with > a quetsion about why <jsp:include> of a page that does a redirect > doesn't cause the request to be redirected. The answer to this is that > an included page (using <jsp:include> or pageContext.include()) is not > allowed to set headers. If it does, the headers are silently ignored. > The include mechanism is only for including the body content produced > by the included page. > > If you want to redirect from a JSP page, use this code in the > main page: > > response.sendRedirect("nextPage.jsp"); > > either in a scriptlet or in a simple custom action. > > Hans > =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com
