Tim and others, I'm doing a form submit using: from an IFrame window on my page. On the actionListener I want to update DB and forward the request to Dispatcher servlet which will re-render complete page including embeded JSF IFrame component. public void handleActions(ActionEvent event) { FacesContext facesContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(); HttpServletResponse httpResponse = (HttpServletResponse)facesContext.getExternalContext().getResponse(); HttpServletRequest httpRequest ...