Not able to view absolute URL in the URL bar in IE6

[vishnusanjit]

Hey everyone..
I seem to be facing this problem in IE6 where i'm not able to see the absolute URL of the page(a page, other than the index.html page) that i navigate to, in the IE6 URL bar, instead it just shows the base URL there.
This is causing a problem 'cause whenever i try to refresh the page using the F5 key it refreshes the page with the base URL(index.html) and redirects it back to that page.
This doesn't seem to be the case with Firefox though.

Does this have anything to do with the CGI script running on the server, rendering the page to the client?

help..please!
Thanks.

[bluestartech]

perhaps the page u are reloading includes POST data, i.e. data sent from a form or javascript link...this would result in a URL that my not load properly when refreshed without the POST data. This is a bug in some Ajax applications I have encountered, the best bet is to go to where you started and follow through the same sequence of actions...just a theory tho...another cause may be if a redirect is used, such as meta-refresh tag...using a server 302 direct is more practical here...

Diarmuid Ryan
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