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Hi,
I would like to achieve the equivalent of META REFRESH but without the HTML
meta refresh and without JavaScript. In other words, on server side I would
like to wait some seconds, then redirect the page. Is there any way to do
this?

Agoston Bejo wrote on 14 feb 2005 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:
> I would like to achieve the equivalent of META REFRESH but without the
> HTML meta refresh and without JavaScript. In other words, on server
> side I would like to wait some seconds, then redirect the page. Is
> there any way to do this?

No, redirecting is always clientside.

even serverside response.redirect "/"

Cannot be sent after any html is sent, as it
simply sets a redirect header in the message to the client.



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Agoston Bejo wrote:
> Hi,
> I would like to achieve the equivalent of META REFRESH but without
> the HTML meta refresh and without JavaScript. In other words, on
> server side I would like to wait some seconds, then redirect the
> page. Is there any way to do this?

You can use server.transfer to accomplish the client-less redirect, but
making the server wait without causing 100% CPU usage (definitely not
recommended) is not possible. Web servers are designed to serve requests,
not sit there waiting, refusing pending requests as it waits..

Bob Barrows
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"Agoston Bejo" <> wrote in message
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: Hi,
: I would like to achieve the equivalent of META REFRESH but without the
HTML
: meta refresh and without JavaScript. In other words, on server side I
would
: like to wait some seconds, then redirect the page. Is there any way to do
: this?

Why? What is wrong with those two options?

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"Roland Hall" <nobody@nowhere> wrote in message
news:#...
> "Agoston Bejo" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
> : Hi,
> : I would like to achieve the equivalent of META REFRESH but without the
> HTML
> : meta refresh and without JavaScript. In other words, on server side I
> would
> : like to wait some seconds, then redirect the page. Is there any way to
do
> : this?
>
> Why? What is wrong with those two options?

The <meta refresh> method is not recommended by the World Wide Web
consortium (see http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_meta.asp).

The JavaScript method requires the client to enable JavaScript (which is
quite a reasonable expectation, but why require it if not neccessary?).

Actually I used <meta refresh> at the end.

Agoston.

>
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>
>
>

"Agoston Bejo" <> wrote in message
news:...
:
: "Roland Hall" <nobody@nowhere> wrote in message
: news:#...
: > "Agoston Bejo" <> wrote in message
: > news:%...
: > : Hi,
: > : I would like to achieve the equivalent of META REFRESH but without the
: > HTML
: > : meta refresh and without JavaScript. In other words, on server side I
: > would
: > : like to wait some seconds, then redirect the page. Is there any way to
: do
: > : this?
: >
: > Why? What is wrong with those two options?
:
: The <meta refresh> method is not recommended by the World Wide Web
: consortium (see http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_meta.asp).
:
: The JavaScript method requires the client to enable JavaScript (which is
: quite a reasonable expectation, but why require it if not neccessary?).
:
: Actually I used <meta refresh> at the end.

<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
Option Explicit
Response.Buffer = True
Response.AddHeader "Refresh","5;URL=http://domain.com/someotherpage.asp"
Response.Write "Redirecting in 5 seconds..."
%>

http://kiddanger.com/lab/delayedredirect.asp

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Roland Hall wrote on 15 feb 2005 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

> <%@ Language=VBScript %>
> <%
> Option Explicit
> Response.Buffer = True
> Response.AddHeader "Refresh","5;URL=http://domain.com/someotherpage.asp"
> Response.Write "Redirecting in 5 seconds..."
> %>
>

Awesome !! Why didn't I know that?

btw: why the Option Explicit?

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"Evertjan." wrote in message news:Xns95FE85A13841Aeejj99@194.109.133.29...
: Roland Hall wrote on 15 feb 2005 in
: microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:
:
: > <%@ Language=VBScript %>
: > <%
: > Option Explicit
: > Response.Buffer = True
: > Response.AddHeader "Refresh","5;URL=http://domain.com/someotherpage.asp"
: > Response.Write "Redirecting in 5 seconds..."
: > %>
: >
:
: Awesome !! Why didn't I know that?

I give up.

: btw: why the Option Explicit?

Sorry, habit.

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Roland Hall wrote on 15 feb 2005 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

> "Evertjan." wrote in message
> news:Xns95FE85A13841Aeejj99@194.109.133.29...
>: Roland Hall wrote on 15 feb 2005 in
>: microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:
>:
>: > <%@ Language=VBScript %>
>: > <%
>: > Option Explicit
>: > Response.Buffer = True
>: > Response.AddHeader
>: > "Refresh","5;URL=http://domain.com/someotherpage.asp"
>: > Response.Write "Redirecting in 5 seconds..." %>
>: >
>:
>: Awesome !! Why didn't I know that?
>
> I give up.
>

I was serious !! I didn't know this as a header.

[and I am seldom serious]

I will contemplate about converting my pages that have metas.

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"Evertjan." <> wrote in message
news:Xns95FED1029AA7Beejj99@194.109.133.29...
: Roland Hall wrote on 15 feb 2005 in
: microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:
:
: > "Evertjan." wrote in message
: > news:Xns95FE85A13841Aeejj99@194.109.133.29...
: >: Roland Hall wrote on 15 feb 2005 in
: >: microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:
: >:
: >: > <%@ Language=VBScript %>
: >: > <%
: >: > Option Explicit
: >: > Response.Buffer = True
: >: > Response.AddHeader
: >: > "Refresh","5;URL=http://domain.com/someotherpage.asp"
: >: > Response.Write "Redirecting in 5 seconds..." %>
: >: >
: >:
: >: Awesome !! Why didn't I know that?
: >
: > I give up.
: >
:
: I was serious !! I didn't know this as a header.

I know you were and so was I. I have no idea why you didn't know it. I've
never seen it done before either. The only issue here, as I am buffering is
dealing with Response.Flush where AddHeader can actually be anywhere in the
page when buffering but it has to come before a Flush. I call it the toilet
function. You can change your content but once you flush, that's it!

: [and I am seldom serious]

No reason to be serious here. (O:=

:
: I will contemplate about converting my pages that have metas.

After reading the W3C re: META refresh, I never found a difinitive reason
why it should not be used. It said, "some browsers may not be able to use
it". Well, that's clear as mud. Which browsers and is this still relative
or is it just because the client cannot be controlled?

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