[Zope] Netscape 4.7x Redirect problem

[Mike Renfro]

On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 01:26:21PM -0400, Schmidt, Allen J. wrote:

> Trying to use a RESPONSE.redirect('menu') on an intermediate page for
> handling logins.

> Works great in IE but I get "Document contains no data" for Netscape.

RESPONSE.redirect itself works fine with Netscape; I've got a really
hairy redirect process, detailed at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zope/message/69614

The problem you've run into may indicate that Netscape thinks you're
redirecting it to the same page it just came from, and is trying to
forestall an infinite loop. Check it with Mozilla and see if you get
an error about an infinite redirection loop.

What you can do about it, I don't know yet. I know that Netscape
certainly has no trouble with refresh tags in the head of an html
document, nor with reloading the same page via a link on the page. I
expect there may be an http header missing that tells Netscape that
this is dynamic content, and it shouldn't worry about possible
infinite loops in redirection.

Of course, if this helps you solve the problem, let me know. I'd
really love to be able to completely use my one troublesome Zope app
from Netscape and Mozilla.

-- 
Mike Renfro  / R&D Engineer, Center for Manufacturing Research,
931 372-3601 / Tennessee Technological University -- renfro@tntech.edu