thanx craig, in the meantime I realized the answer to the if-modified-since question, but the auto-requesting of jsp pages that take long time happening in IExplorer still is a mistery, but it is not mission critical for me right now, I suspect that it's IExplorer 6 and some kind of misterperentation of the .jsp ending, within ie6.
thanx -reynir > -----Original Message----- > From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 18. júní 2002 21:50 > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: REPOST: 2 questions..requests... > > > > > On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Reynir Hübner wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 10:00:53 -0000 > > From: Reynir Hübner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: REPOST: 2 questions..requests... > > > > > > > > hi, > > > > I have 2 questions (not really related) : > > > > 1. How can I get the header "if-modified-since", from the request > > object, when I print out the enumeration of > getHeaderNames() it's not > > there. > > > > Do you know for sure that your browser actually *sent* this > header? That > will typically happen only when the URL has previously been retrieved, > *and* the previous output for that URL included a "Date" for > the browser > to use on subsequent requests. You also need to be sure > you've configured > your browser not to unconditionally read the page on every request. > > > > > 2. I've been writing some scripts in java, mainly regluar-expression > > related stuff,downloading webpages with HttpUrlConnection, > parsing some > > strings out of 'em, and so on. I have been playing around > executing the > > whole thing in a jsp site. The execution of this jsp page > can take few > > minutes, depending on some parameters. For me it is very much ok, > > because I needed to run this script onetime only. But what > bothers me, > > is the fact, that when I run it, Internet Explorer seems to > reload the > > page, so it runs twice. I am wondering if this is a bug in tomcat or > > Internet Explorer. In the end I moved all the script into a > standalone > > application and executed it ok ( did not run twice). So > this is not a > > problem I will solve, but I wonder if this is a known problem with > > tomcat-jsp execution, where does the time-gap lie, when > does it start to > > reload, is this somekind of a "ping" request from Internet > Explorer that > > executes the page again if it hasn't loaded with in some > time or what is > > happening ? if any one knows, tell me. It does not happen with any > > other jsp page, and I actually saw the page "blink" or > "flash" when it > > got reloaded in IExpl. > > > > Can't help you without details (and don't use IE anyway), but there is > nothing Tomcat can do if the browser really does submit the > request twice > -- you will need to program around that. > > > I am using tomcat 4.0.3 standalone, without coyote. and > then Internet explorer 6. > > > > Thank you, > > best regards, > > -reynir > > > > Craig > > > -- > 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]>
