Thanks Guys!!! I will go ahead with Redirect approach. I was more interested in building a generic framework for my application that would handle such scenarios (login was just one of them).
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Szekeres, Edward < edward.szeke...@perkinelmer.com> wrote: > It seems to be just an attempt to do what is already done in > Apache2::AuthCookie (CPAN), which encapsulates a server side authentication. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: MK [mailto:m...@cognitivedissonance.ca] > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 3:37 PM > To: modperl@perl.apache.org > Subject: Re: Changing browser URL based on condition > > On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:48:09 -0700 > Jerry Pereira <online.je...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 1. User types the URL - www.example.com, this will display the login > > page. > > 2. Once the user enters the credentials and hits submit, the request > > is posted to www.example.com/login action. > > 3. If the credentials entered by the user is valid then i would like > > to show the home page..uri > > 4. I am able to show the homw page, but the URL does not change to > > www.example.com/home, instead it remains the same (i.e. > > www.example.com/login). > > One important reason to do something like that is because you do not > want the user to bookmark or otherwise pass on an url with completely > ambiguous content -- /login should refer to the login page, /home should > refer to the home page, they are two different things. Having /login > refer to both is no good. So I think your desire is justified. > > IMO, this is best handled client-side: you return your login data via > an AJAX call. If the login succeeds, the client loads /home. If the > login has failed, the client displays a message to that effect. You > need to prevent spoofed access to /home, but of course you have to do > that anyway (via cookies or whatever method you are already using). > > -- > "Enthusiasm is not the enemy of the intellect." (said of Irving Howe) > "The angel of history[...]is turned toward the past." (Walter Benjamin) > > -- Your clothes may be the latest in style but you aint completely dressed until you wear a smile! Keep smiling : )
