Hi,
*I first posted this to users, but was suggested that I post it to dev*.
I apologize if this has been talked about before. (I was surprised I couldn't
find anything in the archives.)
When browsing a URL with a query string, Tomcat doesn't seem to recognize it
unless there's an '=' in it. (it returns a null if there's no '=') Actually,
Tomcat sees it, but it doesn't get passed to the servlet/jsp.
We are using IPlanet 4.1 (without Tomcat), and it seems to work fine. When I
try it on Apache/Tomcat, it doesn't work (needs the '='). I personally don't
think it would be that much of a deal to change it, but there's a lot of code
already written.
I am using java1.3, have tried tomcat 3.2.1 and 3.2.2b4 (ajp13 interface)
Here's a jsp that shows an example:
[root@web4]$ cat getparam.jsp
<html><head></head>
<body>
This page is looking for x<br>
<%= request.getParameter("x") %>
</body>
</html>
--
Here's what I get when I browse this URL: http://web.server.com/getparam.jsp?x
-----
(IPlanet)
This page is looking for x
-----
(apache/tomcat)
This page is looking for x
null
-----
(notice the null returned from apache/tomcat)
Same URL with an '=' on the end: http://web.server.com/getparam.jsp?x=
----
(IPlanet)
This page is looking for x
----
(apache/tomcat)
This page is looking for x
---
(no null!)
Here's part of my jasper.log(note after request params):
(without the '=' in the URL)
2001-05-10 05:07:34 - JspEngine --> /getparam.jsp
2001-05-10 05:07:34 - ServletPath: /getparam.jsp
2001-05-10 05:07:34 - PathInfo: null
2001-05-10 05:07:34 - RealPath: /home/httpd/my-cast/getparam.jsp
2001-05-10 05:07:34 - RequestURI: /getparam.jsp
2001-05-10 05:07:34 - QueryString: x
2001-05-10 05:07:34 - Request Params:
2001-05-10 05:07:34 - Classpath according to the Servlet Engine is: ....
------------
(with the '=' in the URL)
2001-05-10 05:08:28 - JspEngine --> /getparam.jsp
2001-05-10 05:08:28 - ServletPath: /getparam.jsp
2001-05-10 05:08:28 - PathInfo: null
2001-05-10 05:08:28 - RealPath: /home/httpd/my-cast/getparam.jsp
2001-05-10 05:08:28 - RequestURI: /getparam.jsp
2001-05-10 05:08:28 - QueryString: x=
2001-05-10 05:08:28 - Request Params:
2001-05-10 05:08:28 - x =
2001-05-10 05:08:28 - Classpath according to the Servlet Engine is: ....
Is my developer just not using request.getparameter right and IPlanet is broken
by functioning the way it does, or is Tomcat broken? Tomcat & IPlanet show
different results with the exact same code.
thanks for any help I can get... I would really like to get this working with
Apache/Tomcat.
----------------------
Ray Pitmon
Digital Cyclone, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.my-cast.com
