Whenever i come accross this, i put a 'confirmation' screen, with all the details repeated, and a 'pay now' button that submits the (hidden) form to the external site.
Daniel. > -----Original Message----- > From: Christoph Kutzinski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 31 August 2004 16:17 > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: Submit to 3rd party URL after completing Action > > > I'm currently trying to do something similar. Therefore I would like to > share my thoughts: > > Relying on javascript for business critical functions (and if payment is > not a business critical function, what is?) is IMO NEVER a good idea, > because it is not fail-proof at all. > What only if the user has switched of javascript in his browser? > > IMO this kind of functionality should always be handled server-side! > > Richard Aukland wrote: > > > Many thanks to Bill and Partha for your suggestions. > > > > I used the javascript (2nd) technique because I am currently more > > familiar with it. It is now working. :) > > > > Cheers > > > > Richard > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you use redirect to the payment url, the data in the form is in the > > session in your site and not the external site where it is needed. So > > redirect or forward will not help. > > > > Try splitting up this work-flow into two steps: > > 1. in the first one you write the action class and save the stuff into > > database and then forward to a page where a hidden form is recreated > > using > > the same values as the first one, > > 2. in the "body onload" of this page, submit the form to the external > > url. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Regards, > > Partha > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
