Query parameters / page navigation

Hi,
I have a problem which i don't know how to solve with JSF. Is it somehow possible to have a action which reacts on the first request to a page (like it is with struts actions).
Here is my example:
I have two JSF pages. The first page (search.jsp) has a form for searching a person with a id. The second page (show.jsp) shows the data about one person.
There is a commandButton on search.jsp which calls a action method on my model bean. This action calls the business logic for getting the data about the person. It does either return "success" or stores a FacesMessage in the context and returns null if the id is invalid. I've set up proper navigation rules for navigating to show.jsp if the action method returns "success".
This works fine. And now my problem... The users wants to have the possibility to set a bookmark for directly accessing the data about a person (ie. .../search.faces?id=12121). If the id is passed as query parameter, the application should behave as if he entered the data in the form. (navigate to show.jsp if the id is correct or navigate to search.jsp and display a message if the id is wrong).
Does anybody know how to solve this problem?
I think that the problem is that JSF actions reacts on on a user action while struts reacts on HTTP requests.
The only way i got it working was with some javascript-code which submits the form automatically if the id is passed as query parameter (using the onLoad event of the HTML body). I would like to solve it with another way because it does not work if javascript is disabled and it looks like a hack and not like a proper solution.
Regards,
Matthias

Hi,
Thanks for your response.
Do you have an example of your approach?
IMHO, a Non-Faces Request does directly pass to the "Render Response" Phase (http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/tutorial/doc/JSFIntro10.html). Therefore, it is not possible to call the Navigation handler for for determining the next view after calling the business logic.
Regards,
Matthias

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