This is a huge thing for me also. I'm not sure if it's only pertinent for Java Servlet refugees or not but with Java this is a VERY common way of working. I also find it a very elegant solution to passing temporary data around and it greatly simplifies the MVC architechture.
Part of the reason why I dont use an external redirect, is so I can pass data
from one servlet to another on a per request basis. For example... passing
error information from my login action to the login page.
Another problem I have is that forward() doesn't do something (which I did with Secure sessions) like forward from
https://domain.com/Login.py
to
http://domain.com/SuccessfulLogin.py
which I do in almost every web application I build that only needs username/password encryption.
Of course you can redirect but you can't stuff a "Welcome message" or any other data into the request before forwarding it to the non-SSL page.
anyway, I'd really, really like to see forward() fixed or working better. Not sure what I can do to help but if there are a list of specific "issues" as to why this doesn't work I'd love to see them.
thanks
Mike
On Sunday, January 12, 2003, at 11:26 PM, Luke Holden (by way of Luke Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
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