[OAUGNet]-Re: Discoverer: ASP URL Question for Discoverer Hyperlink

[Abhishek Chandan <achandan@ideametrics.com>]

It looks like "defaultFrm.asp" is expecting a cookie.
If the cookie is not present it redirects to "US.asp"
page. This sets the cookie and then the tracking works
fine. 

In firefox, you can check this quite easily. Set the
cookie to "ask me every time" and the "new page should
be opened in" option to "new tab." First time, you
click on the dynamic tracking URL link, firefox will
open a new tab which is immediately refreshed to
"US.asp." Allow the cookie to be stored. Close this
tab. Click on the url link again and you will see the
URL page.


--- Eric <ericthered732@yahoo.com> wrote:

> This may seem like an unusual question for this
> forum,
> but I thought I'd ask anyway.  It's for a dynamic
> hyperlink that we use in Discoverer and Portal to
> provide a one-click URL to users to open a shipping
> webpage via the Internet for an Oracle shipment
> record
> whose tracking number (airway bill #) is stored in
> EBS
> 11i.  This dynamic tracking link works well for us
> today in EBS 11i and Portal 10gR2 for shipments via
> FedEx, UPS, and DHL as noted in my OAUG COL'06 white
> paper.  But I'm having an issue with BAX Global due
> to
> the ASP functionality of their tracking website.
> 
> Here's the issue:  We have a BAX Global shipment in
> our Oracle 11i system with a tracking number
> 'BKK00086205' stored in the airway bill column.  I
> can
> use that tracking number on BAX's website to track
> the
> shipment; the tracking number is including in the
> dynamic URL:
> 
>
http://www.baxglobal.com/defaultFrm.asp?pg=%2FTracking%2F&s=ShipmentTracking&trackby=H&trackbyno=BKK00086205&x=4&y=12
> 
> 
> If I paste this URL into a new browser session (IE
> or
> Firefox), the website automatically gets diverted to
> the shipping carrier's US home ASP page:
> 
> http://www.baxglobal.com/US.asp/
> 
> But if I then paste in the dynamic URL with tracking
> number again from the US ASP home page, the browser
> successfully goes to the tracking page for that
> shipment.
> 
> Does anyone know how I can modify a dynamic URL to
> skip the initial step of diverting to the ASP
> website's homepage?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Eric
> ___________________________
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