On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Jewell, Bob wrote:
> prelude: Requesting a web page with 5 graphics will result in 6 total
> requests according to Analog definition of a request.
>
> When Analog shows me the number of requests resulting in Error code 304, is
> the value given counting only the request for the page itself, or is it also
> including as a "304 error" the 5 graphics as well?
>
> I'm trying to get an idea of what a request is in terms of the 304 error, as
> I believe more people are using my site than page views indicate, and that
> this can be inferred by looking at the 304 server error count, which
> hpefully considers a request to be for a page header check only, and doesn't
> also count every other piece on the page in it's total.
>
Well, the server makes a separate request for each graphic as well as for
the main page. So it's possible for a graphic to be 304 and the page to be
200, or vice versa.
The Status Code Report counts all files, whether they're graphics or pages.
Now you can declare 304's not to be successes using the command
304ISSUCCESS OFF
and I guess this is probably what you want. But note that 304 requests _are_
often presented to the user. You shouldn't think of them (all) as checks
taking place in the background.
--
Stephen Turner http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~sret1/
Statistical Laboratory, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, CB3 0WB, England
"This is Henman's 8th Wimbledon, and he's only lost 7 matches." BBC, 2/Jul/01
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