Server-side redirect to another URL w/o a trip to client

[T Conti]

Howdy:

I have converted a huge ASP page over to .Net (C#). The old page has
been will be removed from our site, but I need to have a dummy page
there that will redirect the user to the new site for backwards
compatability. I originally used a Response.redirect but we found
that users with high security settings get security pop-ups. We
really don't want this. Here is the really basic page that I wrote to
redirect the user to the new URL:

<% @LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" %>
<%

dim version
version = "ver11=1"

dim queryString
queryString = Request.QueryString

dim redirectURL
redirectURL = "http://thenewurl/query.aspx?" & queryString & "&" &
version

Response.Redirect(redirectURL)

%>

This works but it makes a trip back to the client. I have played with
Server.Transfer and Server.Execute but I think you need to be
redirecting to a page that lives on the same server as the landing
page. Is there a way to redirect to another URL w/o making another
round trup to the client?

Your input is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Ray at]

IMO, anyone who is running his browser in ultra-paranoid mode should not be
catered to. If Redirect headers are trigger alerts, your site is NOT the
only one that will do this, so this is the life that these people have
chosen. What I would do is:

<%
Response.REdirect "newurl"
%>
<script type="text/javascript">
location.replace('newurl');
</script>

<a href="newurl">If you are not automatically redirected, please click
here.</a>

That's three opportunities to get the person to the new location, the third
one being a link for the user to click.

Ray at work
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Howdy:

I have converted a huge ASP page over to .Net (C#). The old page has
been will be removed from our site, but I need to have a dummy page
there that will redirect the user to the new site for backwards
compatability. I originally used a Response.redirect but we found
that users with high security settings get security pop-ups. We
really don't want this. Here is the really basic page that I wrote to
redirect the user to the new URL:

<% @LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" %>

[Net Mongrel]

T Conti wrote:

...
The old page has
been will be removed from our site, but I need to have a dummy page
there that will redirect the user to the new site for backwards
compatability....

Probably best to configure the server to return http status code 301 (moved
permanently) - is a setting available via the management gui.

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