Re: Redirect to CGI w/ POST

[Ajai Peddapanga]

Title: RE: Redirect to CGI w/ POST

Chris !

Can u tell me how to do a POST using URLConnection object .I thought its doing only GET. Its very interesting

Thanx in advance

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From: A mailing list for discussion about Sun Microsystem's Java Servlet API Technology. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chris Murphy
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 2:38 PM
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Subject: Re: Redirect to CGI w/ POST

Are you not wanting to use URLConnection for a reason, or is it that you want to know how to do a POST from the connection?

If you're using 1.2 you can use the HttpURLConnection class to do a POST pretty easily.  I you're using 1.1, it's not as easy, but still possible.

"Meister, David R." wrote:

> Is there a way to redirect to a CGI script, from a servlet, using a POST
> request method?
>
> I am looking for an alternative to using URLConnection and a query string
> when I need to redirect.
>
> Thanks for you help,
> David
>
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