Jsp parameters - url problem

Question

hello,
I have a problem with the maximum length of an url.
I have to submit a parameter (which is a list of elements) from a jsp to a servlet. But, for IE, there's a maximum length of the url and it doesn't allow a such longer parameter (for netscape, it's ok).
I would like to have a button on my jsp which open another jsp which use the parameter of the first jsp. I have thought to use javabeans but I don't know how to keep a same javabean in several JSPs...
Can you give me some ideas please ?

Answer 1

// JSP 1
<form name=fastaForm action=/EHTDb_interface/servlet/EXHServlet>
<input type=hidden name=clNames value=<%=clNames%>>
<!-- clNames is a String of 1 to several hundreds of characters long-->
</form>
// SERVLET (/EHTDb_interface/servlet/EXHServlet)
String clNames = (String) request.getParameter("clNames");
String redirect = "/result/fasta.jsp";
Fasta f = new Fasta (clNames);
request.setAttribute("fasta", f.getFasta());
RequestDispatcher dispatcher;
dispatcher=getServletConfig().getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher(redirect);
dispatcher.forward(request, response);
//JSP 2
<% HashMap hmFasta =(HashMap) request.getAttribute ("fasta"); %>