>hi
>you could use some client-side scripting(using java script) to check which
>button is pressed and redirect accordingly.
>regards
>ANUP
>
>At 03:05 PM 7/17/00 -0400, you wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>I have an HTML form on a JSP which has the user select one or more items
>using checkboxes. I have two buttons, say ButtonA and ButtonB. If the user
>clicks ButtonA, I want to post to ServletA. If the user clicks ButtonB, I
>want to post to ServletB.
>>
>>The problem is, I have to specify the form action before knowing which
>button the user will click. I've tried a couple of things that haven't
>worked. One is using something like this for ButtonB (with the form action
>being ServletA):
>>
>><INPUT Type=BUTTON name=buttonB value="buttonB"
>onClick="JavaScript:location.href='/ServletB;'">
>>
>>And the result is that no parameters (namely, the selected checkbox items)
>are sent to ServletB.
>>
>>The other thing I've tried is making ButtonB's input type SUBMIT, so it
>submits to ServletA, but using the RequestDispatcher to forward on to
>ServletB. What winds up happening here is that it does go to ServletB, but
>actually continues back onto ServletA (I assume because that's the form
>action.)
>>
>>Any ideas?
>>
>>thanks,
>>
>>Liz Stanley
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>http://www.gymell.com
>>
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