Search the archive! I remember, this was discussed a time ago in this list (or tomcat-dev) I found it somewhere documented or used in an example. But don't ask me where. It's definitively no bug. regards Thomas -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: ok [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet am: Montag, 30. Oktober 2000 16:11 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: AW: redirect problems? yeah, I have returns, why does this do this, there is no documentation in the JSP spec saying i have to do returns after a redirect. Is this a bug in tomcat? On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, you wrote: > Do you make a return after the sendRedirect? > ... > rresponse.sendRedirect("/checkout2.jsp"); > return; > ... > > Otherwise, the output of checkout2.jsp is added (and not a 'new' output). > > Hint: Call sendRedirect before you make any output!!! > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet am: Freitag, 27. Oktober 2000 18:41 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: redirect problems? > > Hi, > We are using Apache 1.3.12 with Tomcat 3.1 and experiencing weird problems. > > 1. checkout.jsp (FORM collecting new user info) > - POSTs to checkout_eng1.jsp > > 2. checkout_eng1.jsp > - adds user from #1 and does a response.sendRedirect("/checkout2.jsp"); > > 3. checkout2.jsp shows the next FORM asking for mailing address information > > > Weird Symptom #1 > ------------------ > On any version of Internet Explorer (never on netscape) the POST to step #2 > above fails and up comes this IE error "cannot find server or DNS error" > which > leads me to beleive that the response.sendredirect() is doing something odd, > maybe not sending back the correct http location header or something > > If you immediatly hit the browsers back button and re-submit the form, it > then > works with no problem and as expected. This only seems to occur the first > time > submitting forms to a page that re-directs after an operation. > > Weird Symptom #2 > ---------------- > occasionally on Internet Explorer AND Netscape. > User submits info from form #1 above (checkout.jsp), their information is > added > to the database and they are redirected to checkout2.jsp, HOWEVER what is > shown > on checkout2.jsp is BOTH the previous pages contents (checkout.jsp) AND the > expected contents of checkout2.jsp with a visible HTTP response header > printed > out in between checkout.jsp's contents and checkout2.jsp's contents ALL on > visible on the URL checkout2.jsp................ > > Anyone have any ideas? I tried checking the bug database but it appears to > be > down.
