Reputation: 4053
I want to do something like this:
<a href="myJSPFile" onClick="request.setAttribute("special case")"> click here </a>
Any way to achieve this?
Upvotes: 0
Views: 490
Reputation: 8998
You could put all information in a session which then would be better if the browser closes unexpectedly. Some sample code:
In the first page when the user clicks.
session.setAttribute("nameOfAttribute", informationForAttribute);
To retrieve the information:
session.getAttribute("nameOfAttribute")
This would then mean you can have a cleaner URL as you don't have to place query strings in the URL.
Here is a useful link on sessions.
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 4471
Use the querystring.
<a href="myJSPFile?specialCase=imSpecial">click here</a>
Then read it with
request.getParameter("specialCase");
Upvotes: 4