jsp forward question

[Bores]

Hi

I want to forward the post request of my form to the servlet LoginServlet exactly as if I make action="LoginServlet" in my form. My form is in LoginForm.jsp and this is my approach :

Content of LoginForm.jsp

<%  
if (request.getMethod().equals("POST"))  
{  
// ...  Some checks
<jsp:forward page="/LoginServlet"/>  
}  
%>
<form action="LoginForm.jsp">  
<input type="text" name="username">  
<input type="password" name="userpass">  
<input type="submit" value="submit">  
</form>

So I don't know about the slash in the <jsp:forward page="/LoginServlet"/> if it is mandatory or useless. The LoginServlet servlet should be able to capture the post data with doPost and doGet procedures.

Regards

[Tolls]

This should really be in a Servlet you know.
The form would target the LoginServlet and the servlet would validate and forward either to the main page of whatever it is they are logging into, or back to the login page with a message saying failed to login.
It's cleaner, easier to write, easier to debug, and means you don't need to clutter up your JSP with code.

[nicephotog]

First, that requires step over scripting
<%
if (request.getMethod().equals("POST"))
{
// ... Some checks
%>

<jsp:forward page="LoginServlet"/>

<%
}
%>


second , basic jsp calls to a page are "GET" method so you do not need that system

<form action="LoginServlet" method="POST">
<input type="text" name="username">
<input type="password" name="userpass">
<input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>

Would need to be a GET method because of implicit method= type of form
<jsp:forward page="LoginServlet">
<jsp:param name="username" value="text" />
<jsp:param name="userpass" value="password" />
</jsp:forward>