bruce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > i have a simple/quirky question. i have a url --> > http://www.acs.rutgers.edu:8880/pls/sc_p/sc_display.select_maj > or. i can get > to this page by doing a submit from > ==>http://clue.rutgers.edu:8880/sc_pn/plsql/sc_display.main. > > however, when i try to simply use libwww or one of the other > perl packages to access the "select_major" page, i fail to > get it. just as a test, i copied the url from one browser > window to another, and the 2nd broswer couldn't access the page... > > can someone shed some light into what might be happening/going on..?? > > i suspect that there's some kind of redirection/session > function in the background... i also tried enabling/disabling > cookies with no difference in behavior... > > thanks... > > -bruce
Ah, but it does work if you provide values for the fields: http://www.acs.rutgers.edu:8880/pls/sc_p/sc_display.select_major?p_campus=NB &p_level=U&p_yearterm=20047 So, I would guess that the script is checking for the existence (and maybe even validate values) of the fields before attempting to pass them on to another page. I am not too confident of this guess though without knowing the code and just basing this off of observed behavior. The good news is that the "extended" URL that I have above illustrates that a "GET" method will work. Hopefully this will help in your sleuthing. -- Mike Arms