If it's any consolation, I just tried the original JSP-only code I posted with TC 4.1.24 and it worked fine...
Quoting "Ruth, Brice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > James Mitchell wrote: > > >A bit of history on this subject: > > > > * From: Craig R. McClanahan > > * Subject: Re: Why would jsessionid not appear? > > * Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 12:09:26 -0700 > > > >The jsessionid path parameter will only be added if the servlet > >container > >does not know whether your client supports cookies. How Tomcat handles > >this (probably typical of others): > > > >* On the first response in a session, send the session id > > both ways (cookie and encoding). > > > >* If the subsequent request comes back with a cookie, turn > > of URL rewriting for the remainder of this session. > > > >* If the subsequent request comes back without a cookie, > > keep on rewriting. > > > >Craig > > > > > > > >So, with that having been said, all you have to do is > >tell all your users to hit refresh whenever they access > >your site. > > > >That way, all external links and images will work. > > > >If you find that unacceptable, you could: > > > >Move the contents of index.jsp to index2.jsp, then: > > > > Put a meta refresh tag as your initial page (index.jsp). > > <META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" > > content="2;URL=http://www.yoursite.com/index2.jsp";> > > > > or > > > > Add some javascript that sends the user to index2.jsp. > > (similar to above) > > > > or > > > > Use <logic:redirect> or any number of ways in a scriptlet > > to redirect to index2.jsp > > > > > >On the Struts-Atlanta web site (http://www.struts-atlanta.org), > >I take a slightly different approach. > >At the top of my index.jsp, I do this: > > > ><logic:present parameter="refresh"> > ><bean:parameter id="refreshed" name="refresh"/> > ></logic:present> > > > ><logic:notEqual name="refreshed" value="true"> > ><logic:redirect page="/index.jsp?refresh=true"/> > ></logic:notEqual> > > > > > >What this does is refresh the page one time only. This method works for > >me because I am not posting or processing any forms with this page which > >would not work correctly if I had. > > > >Hope that helps. > > > > > > > Thanks, James. > > Ignoring for the moment how these workarounds smack of "hack", this > doesn't solve the problem of people visiting the site w/o cookies > enabled. What I don't understand is why the delimiter ';' is being used, > instead of the traditional '?' - which Apache wouldn't have a problem > stripping off and serving up the proper file with ... > > Just to clarify - by calling these workarounds "hacks" - I mean no > disrespect - I am just looking for a cleaner method of handling this. > That's all. > > Brice > > -- > Brice D. Ruth > Sr. IT Analyst > Fiskars Brands, Inc. -- Kris Schneider <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> D.O.Tech <http://www.dotech.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
