HOWTO: How To Use Response.Redirect in a Server Script

ID: Q159402

The information in this article applies to:

Active Server Pages

SUMMARY

When trying to use the Response.Redirect method in a server-side script, the following error can occur when the page is accessed:

Response Headers already written to client.

MORE INFORMATION

The Redirect method of the Response object operates by sending a header to the client. This header causes the client to look to another URL location specified in the header. Because a header must come at the beginning of a document, it is not possible to place the Redirect method in a document with HTML code preceding it.

To work around this behavior you can use the buffering capabilities of the Response object. In doing this you can output HTML code into the buffer until you reach a point where you use the Redirect method. If at this point you need to redirect to another page, you clear the buffer and then issue the Response.Redirect.

The following example Active Server Pages (ASP) code demonstrates this concept:


   <%
   ' Begin buffering the HTML
   ' Note this MUST happen before the initial <HTML> tag.
   Response.Buffer = True
   %>
   <HTML>
   <BODY>
   HTML code before potential redirect.<P>

   <%
   ' Change the following line as appropriate for your script
   If 1 = 1 Then
      Response.Clear
      Response.Redirect "filename.asp"
   End If
   %>

Use the following additional HTML code after the redirect:


   <%
   ' The following causes the HTML to actually be sent to the client.
   ' Up to this point, no HTML has actually been downloaded to the client
   ' browser.
   Response.End
   %>
   </BODY>
   </HTML>

The above example always redirects to the file named Filename.asp.

REFERENCES

For the latest Knowledge Base articles and other support information on Visual InterDev and Active Server Pages, see the following page on the Microsoft Technical Support site:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/vinterdev/

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Keywords          : kbcode kbsample kbASP kbASPObj kbScript kbGrpASP 
Version           : winnt:
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 27, 1999