Redirection using servlet not working

Question

I was trying to redirect after an alert message in servlet something like this :

out.println("<script>alert('Group Request Invitation Canceled');document.location='individualdetailstoadd.jsp?personid=''"+idperson+"'</script>");

But its not working.Though if I remove the redirection,the alert message is displayed . What can be the reason ?Please help

It sounds more like a Javascript error to me than a servlet error. The servlet is obviously rendering the code correctly. Can you debug your webpage using a Javascript debugger e.g. the Chrome console? — David Brossard, May 27 '14 at 15:14
@DavidBrossard I think am missing some quotes closing.Am i right? — user3522121, May 27 '14 at 15:15
@DavidBrossard I think error is in part document.location='individualdetailstoadd.jsp?personid=''"+idperson+"'" — user3522121, May 27 '14 at 15:16
You probably have a path problem... verify the full address before and after, there is something missing I suppose. — Alexandre Lavoie, May 27 '14 at 15:16
@AlexandreLavoie No the page openes fine when i open it .I think am missing some quotes . — user3522121, May 27 '14 at 15:17
Try this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/503093/how-can-i-make-a-redirect-page-in-jquery-javascript — David Brossard, May 27 '14 at 15:17
@DavidBrossard Hey,I want it using servlet,as i have very less html code,so i make a servlet for it — user3522121, May 27 '14 at 15:18
Did you consider using the servlet response's sendRedirect() method? — David Brossard, May 27 '14 at 15:20
@DavidBrossard This method will directly redirect the page without displaying alert msg — user3522121, May 27 '14 at 15:23
Yes, true... I would suggest you write a basic minimal HTML page that does the trick and once you have that working, move the code to a servlet response. — David Brossard, May 27 '14 at 15:28
@DavidBrossard Could you please check which quotes am missing ? — user3522121, May 27 '14 at 15:30
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/54541/discussion-between-david-brossard-and-user3522121). — David Brossard, May 27 '14 at 15:34

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 27 '14 at 15:32

You do not need the single quotes before the double quotes.

Try

out.println("<script>alert('Group Request Invitation Canceled');document.location='individualdetailstoadd.jsp?personid="+idperson+"'</script>");

The generated HTML will be along the following lines:

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<body>
<script>
alert('Group Request Invitation Canceled');
document.location='individualdetailstoadd.jsp?personid=5'</script>

</body>
</html>

I tested this in my browser and it redirects successfully.

Redirection using servlet not working

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