Link to a JSP on click of a button

[Ria Dev]

Please tell me, how to link to a jsp on click of a button?
I tried to use the below code, which isnt working,

.jsp

<input type ="button" name="edit" value="Edit Details" onClick="fwdToUpdatePage();">

.js

function fwdToUpdatePage(){
document.location.href(update.jsp);
}

Also let me know if there is any other method to do this.

[Paul Clapham]

You have a question about that Javascript? Then let's move it to the forum which is about Javascript.

[Bear Bibeault]

document.location.href(update.jsp);

This is not even close to being valid syntax. Open the script console and it will show you syntax errors.

[Sharon Melissa]

JSP is handled on the server side. So unless you want to "forward" the page before the user gets the page, you would need Client side scripting like JavaScript.

The JavaScript code would be something like:
Code:

<input type="button" value="Add" onClick="javascript:window.location='some.jsp';">

If you wanted the JSP to specify the page to "forward", you could have something like this;
Code:

<%
String myPage = "some.jsp";
%>
<input type="button" value="Add" onClick="javascript:window.location='<%= myPage %>';">

or something along those lines.

[Bear Bibeault]

Sharon Melissa wrote:

<input type="button" value="Add" onClick="javascript:window.location='some.jsp';">

Why do people put the "javascript:" prefix there? Omit it. It's not necessary and just gums up the code.

<%
String myPage = "some.jsp";
%>
<input type="button" value="Add" onClick="javascript:window.location='<%= myPage %>';">

And modern JSP should have no Java code in it. Use JSTL and EL. Using Java scriptlets in a JSP in 2011 is simply irresponsible.