url is changing by requestdispatcher

i am designing a website for a shopping mall. here i have some items on a page. when i click on 1 item, its detailed information must be shown to the user. i created a servlet for that. when the user click on the item , onitemclick is called which get the data from database and the forward it to a jsp items.jsp.. so now i think when the servlet forward, the url must be http://localhost:8080/project2/pages/items.jsp but i am not getting this url in browser. i got the url http://localhost:8080/project2/itemclick?x=63&y=96&text1=l1 .... please tell me why i am getting this url.

items.jsp

<html>

<center><img src="4.jpg"</center>change
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<center>
<Font size="5" color="purple">
<%=item%></font><br><br><br><font size="4" color="red">
 MRP:       <%=price%> <br><br><br>
Quantity <select> 
<option> 1 </option>
<option> 2 </option>
<option> 3 </option>
<option> 4 </option>
<option> 5 </option>
<option> 6 </option>
<option> 7 </option>
<option> 8 </option>
<option> 9 </option>
<option> 10 </option>

</select><br><br>
<form name="frm" method="get" action="http://localhost:8080/project2/addcart">
<%
String item1="1";
String price1="2";

%>
<input type="submit" value="ADD TO CART">

</font>
 <%=pic%>

</center>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

onitemclick.java

import java.sql.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.*;

public class onitemclick extends HttpServlet

{
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req,HttpServletResponse res) throws IOException
{
Connection con1;
Statement stmt;
res.setContentType("text/html");
PrintWriter out=res.getWriter();

try
{
con1=new connect().getconnection();
stmt=con1.createStatement();

String itemcode=req.getParameter("text1");

out.println(itemcode);

PreparedStatement ps=con1.prepareStatement("select * from items where code=?");

ps.setString(1,itemcode);

ResultSet rs=ps.executeQuery();

out.println("done");
if(rs.next())
{
String item=rs.getString(2);
String pic=rs.getString(3);
String price=rs.getString(4);
String pic1="'http:\\localhost:8080\project2\pics'"+pic;

req.setAttribute("item",item);
req.setAttribute("pic",pic1);
req.setAttribute("price",price);

RequestDispatcher view=req.getRequestDispatcher("/pages/items.jsp");
view.forward(req,res);

}
else
{
out.println("No such user exist. Please correct username or password.");

}
}
catch(Exception e)
{
System.out.println("exception");
}

}

the problem due to this url change is that i am not getting the image on jsp.. when instead of this url i enter manually the url http://localhost:8080/project2/pages/items.jsp the image is displayed. please help me. its very urgent.

Sachin Kadian wrote:its very urgent.

Please EaseUp; there is no such thing as "urgent" around here. And also, PatienceIsAVirtue.

As what I can see from your code,

1. You have a HTML form inside a jsp page whose action is http://localhost:8080/project2/addcart.
2. The URL pattern "/addcart" is mapped to a Servlet
3. The Servlet does it processing in its doGet method as you invoke it via HTTP get method in the HTML form.
4. It executes a SQL query
5. It checks for the result set with an if-else for any valid rows being returned
6. If there are any valid rows [while(rs.next()..] it forwards the control to /pages/items.jsp via RequestDispatcher.
7. If there are NO valid rows (else), it prints out an error message.

Now, you have to confirm whether you get the #7 above is executed or not. Are there any valid rows being returned? Execute your SQL query directly in the SQL Client and try to see.

Sachin Kadian wrote: i got the url http://localhost:8080/project2/itemclick?x=63&y=96&text1=l1 .... please tell me why i am getting this url.

browser and server are there in same machine? is it web application?

Seetharaman Venkatasamy wrote:

Sachin Kadian wrote: i got the url http://localhost:8080/project2/itemclick?x=63&y=96&text1=l1 .... please tell me why i am getting this url.

browser and server are there in same machine? is it web application?

I see it to be 'Yes' as both the URLs are hard coded with localhost. I thought of suggesting it later once the issue is resolved.

It is definitely a web application because of having JSP and Servlet.

The URL for the JSP will never be shown as the result of a forward, and it shouldn't! If it did, a refresh on the browser would cause the JSP to try and display again without running its controller.

The flow of control in your web app is very poor and is not following proper patterns. Please read this article paying special attention to the PRG pattern.

Hmm Agree most of the stand alone applications are build in RCP, swing or awt. but you can also use servlet/jsp

Bear Bibeault wrote:The URL for the JSP will never be shown as the result of a forward, and it shouldn't! If it did, a refresh on the browser would cause the JSP to try and display again without running its controller.

Excellent point Bear!

Expert advice!