Set a new servlet to form.action in a Javascript method

Hi!
I have a JSP page with a form where I set a servlet to call on submit in the action attribute. This servlet is supposed to be called when pressing the submit button at the end of the page.
In JSP:
<form action="<c:url value="/commitment"/>" method="POST" name="CommitmentAdd">
My problem is that I have a select box inside my form where I use 'onchange' to call a Javascript method, and in that method I want to set another servlet to the forms action (using the servlet-mapping url-pattern name in my web.xml file).
(I want the JSP page to change due to what you choose in the select box and I'd like to have that code in a separate servlet.)
In Javascript:
document.CommitmentAdd.action="/commitmentAddReload";
document.CommitmentAdd.submit();
When the Javascript method is called I get the error:
"The requested resource (/commitmentAddReload) is not available."
How can I set a new servlet to be found and called on submit?
Thanks,
Asa

Try putting the whole URL in.

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     - Form Name = BBP_BID_INV_ADB
     - Form Type = P PDF-Based Forms
     - Format = BBP_BID_INV_ADB_MAI
     - Personalization Type = 5 - Recipeient Variable Replacement
- Save Changes
My problem is that when I go to into the BID (RFx) and click "Print Preview" it picks up the standard Smartform, not the new Adobe form I have added as required.
Please can you advise of any additional config settings or other steps required to ensure that the Adobe Form is called when I click "Print Preview"?
We are on SRM 7.0.
I look forward your response.
Regards,
Matt

Hi Matt could you please tell me how do you solve your issue? I have the same and I cant find the solution.
Thanks a lot
Kind Regards

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I've read elsewhere that if you go from a jsp to a servlet that the >request object is cleared of any attributes from the previous request.which is correct. But arent we speaking about session object here? A request object is valid for a request - ie the phase from where the server receieves a hit for a resource upto the point it sends the output for that request.
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it doesn't retrieve the session info and gives me a null pointer >exception when I try to use the connection object stored in the session.Bad bad bad . Why do you store Connection objects in session? Create them when necessary or use a connection pool. Do you for example clean up the connections when the session expires. What if its a 30 minute session and the user hits every say 15 minutes with a request. Why do you need to hold on to the Connection in the intervening interval when the user's session is inactive?
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That last line is where I get the null pointer exception. And that is
Statement stmt = con.createStatement();?
Same answer as above.
If the session object was null,
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ram.

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i have a JSP with form action set to an Action class. the form dont have any submits.
when i call the JSP the action class and and ActionForm are fetching the data displaying it on the same JSP(as i required).
i am new to struts. even after my application working i have doubt, when i call the JSP how the action is getting called and Form populating the data with out any submit on the form
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R

yes , you are right , my JSP has beans and forms and action class set up in
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I hope someone can advise me. I have a jsp which collects feedback information from a form. I then want to call a java servlet to read this information, store it in a bean and send an email. At the moment when I click submit in the jsp form, the servlet isnt even being called.....Is it totally necessary for this kind of scenario that my servlet contain doget and dopost methods?
Many thanks.(code below)
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<form action=sendfeedbackemailcontrolservlet>
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         <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">From:</font></font><font color="#000066">
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               </font> </div>
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              <div align="centre">
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public static void send(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, String smtpHost, int smtpPort,String from, String to,String subject, String content)throws AddressException, MessagingException {
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             msg.setSubject(subject);
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              rd.forward(request, response);
            catch (IOException ex) {
            catch (ServletException ex) {
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    String fromemail = request.getParameter("fromemail");
    String subject = request.getParameter("subject");
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    bean.setSubject(subject);
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//Clean up resources
public void destroy() {
}

Is it totally necessary for this kind of scenario that my servlet contain
doget and dopost methods?Yes.
Those are the methods that the server will call to invoke your servlet.
Also your methods should not be static. It needs to create an instance of the servlet to invoke it.
You could easily implement your doGet/doPost methods by just calling main(request, response) from them.

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Hi Everyone,
Sorry about this post - I am a bit of a novice helping someone out with some problems they are having with a new website.
I am not very familiar with the use of forms and actions, and I am trying to set up a page with a login section which will not be in use immediately. Therefore, just incase anyone tries to login, I want an error page to appear after they hit the login button.
Can someone help me with how to do this please?
Thanks a million for your help (in advance)
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Typically, the form action is a url to a page with a server side script that processes the form contents. If you simply want an error page to display for now, just create the error page and use that (including the entire path) in the form action.

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and here is the html_form_send.php
<?php
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          $email_message .= "<tr><td><strong>Side:</strong> </td><td>" . strip_tags($_POST['bodySideOutput']) . "</td></tr>";
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          $email_message .= "<tr><td><strong>Diagnosis:</strong> </td><td>" . strip_tags($_POST['subbodyPartOutput']) . "</td></tr>";
          $email_message .= "<tr><td><strong>Sub Cat:</strong> </td><td>" . strip_tags($_POST['subCatOutput']) . "</td></tr>";
          $email_message .= "<tr><td><strong>Injury2</strong> </td><td></td></tr>";
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          $email_message .= "<tr><td><strong>Area2:</strong> </td><td>" . strip_tags($_POST['I2bodyPartOutput']) . "</td></tr>";
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          $email_message .= "<tr><td><strong>Sub Cat2:</strong> </td><td>" . strip_tags($_POST['I2subCatOutput']) . "</td></tr>";
          $email_message .= "<tr><td><strong>Doctor Comment:</strong> </td><td width='125' style='background: #eee;'>" . strip_tags($_POST['doc_comment']) . "</td></tr>";
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$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
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//$headers .= 'CC: '. $email_to. "\r\n";
//$headers .= 'From: '. $email_from. "\r\n";
//$headers .= 'CC: '. $email_from. ',' . $email_to."\r\n";
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Email Sent
<?php
die();
?>

Im currently trying to take all the validation out of the mail script and do it in the html page itself.
Bad choice.   Client-side form validation isn't secure and it does not work if JavaScript is disabled. A fair number of people turn off JavaScript or use one of the No-Scripts Add-ons in their browsers for perceived security reasons.
Don't forget, spam bots don't use JavaScript either so they will penetrate your forms without missing a beat.
Server-side validation is very reliable. And if your script is built properly, it can stop robot submissions and exploitation of your forms which is very important these days.
Nancy O.

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My table has a field - MDD_KEY - that is a primary key. It is updated from a sequence with a before-insert database trigger. I know this works properly as the primary key was accurately populated when I inserted 1433 records.
In Forms 6, I have a form based on that table. I have set the mdd_key as a hidden field because I assume it will be entered by the before-insert trigger. However, when I enter data into the table, and then try to save it, I get a FRM-40202: Field must be entered. - followed by - FRM-40222: Disabled item MDD_KEY failed validation.
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DATA Data Type Number
Required Yes
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Primary Key Yes
Query Only No
Query Allowed Yes
Query Length 0
Insert Allowed Yes
Update Allowed Yes
Update Only if Null No
Lock Record No
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Glenn

hi
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PRE-INSERT trigger
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Three different aspects
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I need to set the authenticationQuestion and answers for new users coming
from a db table.
Do you have an idea of the data structure to use?
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<Argument name='op' value='checkoutView'/>
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<Return from='view' to='theSetAnswersView'/>
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To save the view - checkin:
<Action name='Checkin Set Answers User View' application='com.waveset.session.WorkflowServices'>
<Argument name='view' value='$(theSetAnswersView)'/>
<Argument name='op' value='checkinView'/>
</Action>

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I am new to this topic Ihave one doubt about jsp form action....
That is I am using input type is submit button
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If I get that queryString in the sample.jsp page it respoce to the null only...... what is the problem to this code ..... please send ur perfect coding as soon as possible. I really waiting for ur replay..........

Hai,
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cheers,
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