Thanks Ken.  That is very helpful.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:ken@a...]
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 8:55 AM
To: HTML Code Clinic
Subject: [html_code_clinic] Re: Help with Meta Tag


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: Hello everyone:
:
: I am trying to understand how the following tag works and what it should
be
: used for:
:
: <META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="60;NEWPATH/NEWPAGE.ASP">
:
: I know that this actually sends the browser to another page, but need to
: know how it works.  Is it truly a refresh or a redirect?  What does the 60
: stand for - seconds or some other increment.  What are the possible
: allowable parameters?  When should this be used?

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It is a redirect. It has the same affect as sending a HTTP 302 Object Has
Temporarily Moved header to the client.

The allowable parameters are:

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="[intSeconds];[URL={URI}]">

intSeconds is the number of seconds to delay before having the client issue
the new request. If omitted then 0 is assumed

URI is the URI to request. If omitted then the current page is re-requested.

HTH

Cheers
Ken