I click on a link in an HTML form,

How can I read in my Servlet code that I clicked on that link.

I'm guessing I would have to use the HttpRequest object.

Thanks

implement doPost() in the servlet and in your html page have the form implement action="post"

"doGet" will be more appropriate since it's a link (and I'm assuming the link is not to execute a form submit through Javascript). The link should of course conform to the URL pattern defined for the servlet. And yes, the HttpServletRequest parameter passed to the "doGet" method will allow you to access any parameters you passed through the URL query string.

true i forget he was talking about a link

Logica and Candylips,

You guys are awesome.

Thanks very much.

What i didn't know before was how to pass parameters through the URL. I have only used submit buttons to send form parameters in the past. The URL query string sounds like a good approach.

yes query string is a very neat way of passing parameters easily