Response.redirect, but with http post

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Response.redirect, but with http post

mikeyb

12:01 pm on Jan 21, 2004 (gmt 0)

I want to redirect one ASP page to another, passing some data along with it, but I need the data to be hidden as if it was a http post from a form.

I have:
respose.redirect("page2.asp?id=1&name=mike")

But I don't want the variables & data to appear in the url in the browser.

Is this possible?

Cheers
Mike

lindajames

1:14 pm on Jan 21, 2004 (gmt 0)

as far as i can understand it cannot be done server side. you will have to use client side javascript. what you could do is create a blank html file with the form field as follows:

basically you store all the parameters in hidden fields and the use a javascript to submit the document. like this:

NOTE: where it says document.login "login" is the name of the form

hope that helps

Condor12

1:22 pm on Jan 21, 2004 (gmt 0)

Why not try setting the values as Session variables?

In the first page do this;
Session("id")=id
Session("name")=name

Then redirect to the next page and on that page get the variables from the session info
id=Session("id")
name=Session("name")

Alan

txbakers

1:54 pm on Jan 21, 2004 (gmt 0)

Or you can use a transient page inbetween your two regular pages.

The transient page doesn't display anything, reads the URL with the QueryString, processes it quickly and then redirects back to a new page without the QueryString.

lindajames

2:01 pm on Jan 21, 2004 (gmt 0)

thinking of it, i think using session to remember to value is a good idea or maybe even cookies and then get the cookie to expire immeditately

txbakers

2:04 pm on Jan 21, 2004 (gmt 0)

Sessions are good too, but you have to be careful with them because:
a) they can eat up your memory pretty quickly
b) they linger in memory if not explicity destroyed or initialized with Session.Abandon

They can give you wrong results if not used carefully.

mikeyb

9:37 am on Jan 22, 2004 (gmt 0)

Thanks for your tips, I'll try the session idea.

Many thanks
Mike

RossWal

10:55 pm on Jan 22, 2004 (gmt 0)

Server.transfer might help you out too. IIRC, it won't show the new url, hence it won't show the querystring. It appears to the user he is on the same page you transferreed away from.

Ross