The second choice sounds better. Is there a substantive difference between using redirect vs. using URLConnection? They seem very similar to me. Mike
> Mike, > > If you don't know what the parameters are when you have the opportunity > to write the link URL, that means you need the user to submit the form. > You could have them submit the form directly to the other domain. If > you need to see their choices first, you could do your processing and > then construct a redirect to the other domain with the parameters on > the query string as the response. > > -Max > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 9:13 AM > Subject: linking to a page on different domain > > >> I have a fairly simple problem, but can't figure out how to resolve it >> within the Struts framework. >> >> What I want to do is link to a page on a different server / domain. >> Normally, you just put like <a > href="http://www.otherdomain.com/page?q1=v1> >> tag (or the struts link tag). This circumvents the controller, of >> course. >> >> Complicating things, I need to pass parameters that reside on the same >> Action Form. This prevents me from pre-generating the link, because >> the user could toggle check boxes, type in text fields, etc., and >> these params+values should be passed to the request on >> www.otherdomain.com. >> >> The only solution I've come up with is to have a Struts action that >> uses URLConnection to send back the requested page back as the >> response. I haven't tried this yet (so maybe it doesn't work), but it >> seems like such > a >> hack. >> >> Anyone have a better idea? (I would *not* like to resolve this with >> javascript.) >> >> Mike >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional > commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
