SendRedirect doesn't rewrite URL?

Our application is similar to a web-based email application. Basically the
          situation is this: We have a servlet that is responsible for composing a
          new message. It handles the HTTP post and submits some information to a
          back-end database, then calls HttpResponse.sendRedirect() to redirect the
          browser to, say, the user's inbox to so they can see the results of the
          post.
          The problem we are having, is that sendRedirect() is not rewriting the URL.
          So they are looking at the inbox, but the URL is still the old URL for
          posting a new message. It's as if the redirect is happening on the server
          side and as far as the browser is concerned it is still looking at the old
          URL.
          What we really want is to force the browser to request the new URL. The
          problem with the current situation is that the browser is still pointing to
          the URL for posting a new message, so if they hit refresh in their browser,
          it posts to our submit servlet again and they get a duplicate message in
          their inbox.
          Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
          -- Erik Ebert
          [email protected]

          Jeff Martin <[email protected]> wrote in message
          news:[email protected]...
          > Erik Ebert wrote:
          > >
          > > Our application is similar to a web-based email application. Basically
          the
          > > situation is this: We have a servlet that is responsible for composing
          a
          > > new message. It handles the HTTP post and submits some information to a
          > > back-end database, then calls HttpResponse.sendRedirect() to redirect
          the
          > > browser to, say, the user's inbox to so they can see the results of the
          > > post.
          > >
          > > The problem we are having, is that sendRedirect() is not rewriting the
          URL.
          > > So they are looking at the inbox, but the URL is still the old URL for
          > > posting a new message. It's as if the redirect is happening on the
          server
          > > side and as far as the browser is concerned it is still looking at the
          old
          > > URL.
          > >
          > > What we really want is to force the browser to request the new URL. The
          > > problem with the current situation is that the browser is still pointing
          to
          > > the URL for posting a new message, so if they hit refresh in their
          browser,
          > > it posts to our submit servlet again and they get a duplicate message in
          > > their inbox.
          >
          > You sound correct, so could you post a little code that doesn't work for
          > you?
          >
          > Jeff
          My bad. The error was elsewhere in our code. Sorry to bother the group.
          -- Erik

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