Forum OpenACS Q&A: POST function similar to ns_returnredirect?

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1: POST function similar to ns_returnredirect?
Posted by James Thornton on 01/13/03 10:53 PM
Does anyone know of a function that simulates a form's POST method? I need something similar to ns_returnredirect -- ns_returnredirect won't work because the number of chars for one of the values is this too large.
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2: Re: POST function similar to ns_returnredirect? (response to 1)
Posted by Kevin Crosbie on 01/13/03 11:12 PM
You could do:

set export_vars [export_vars -form {my_Vars}]
ns_write "<html>
<head>
</head>
<body onload="my_form.submit();">
<form name=my_form method=post action=my_url>
$export_vars
</form>
</body>
</html>
"

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3: Re: POST function similar to ns_returnredirect? (response to 1)
Posted by Dave Bauer on 01/14/03 12:09 AM
Try ns_httppost, it exists in some versions of AOLserver. If it is not in your version there is also util_httppost included as part of OpenACS.
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4: Re: POST function similar to ns_returnredirect? (response to 3)
Posted by Tilmann Singer on 01/14/03 06:16 AM
Depending on your application you might be able to use ad_set_client_property/ad_get_client_property instead to pass the value between pages.