Yep, HTTP and web applications are way, way above and removed from TCP ACK types of things. The way I see it, you have 2 options.
1) have the request hang while you process the data 2) require a post-back URL I personally would rather use a web service and stick with #1, but then I don't know your project details. -nathan strutz http://www.dopefly.com/ On 8/22/06, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When another service (Requestor) sends a POST to one of our servers > > (Responder), that page they POST to sends a Response by protocol, and > > the Requestor sends back an Acknowledgement of that Response... Now, > > how in the world can we make or server recognize that acknowledgment > > and if it doesn't recieve an acknowledgement within a timeframe resend > > the response? > > > > Here's the literal problem: > > 1. Client POST's a request for an Order > > 2. We Respond with an accepted/rejected status, and if accepted we > > include an order #. > > 3. We want to be sure they received the response based on the > > acknowledgment that happens in http protocal flow. This breaks down to > > the fundamentals of basic tcp communication and the entire OSI design. > > > > We don't want to have to do it with a workaround such as when the send > > us a post, send another post back... we wan to take advantage of the > > fundamentals of the entire communications design. > > You can't. That's not how HTTP works. You can only assume that the > response > was received by the program that made the request, or require an > additional > request from that program. This has nothing to do with basic TCP > communication or the OSI model (beyond the fact that HTTP is an > application > protocol at layer 7 of the OSI model). > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:250645 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
