--- bill lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Anyone know what the cgi standard say or major http servers do regarding cgi 
> stdin buffer?
> 
> Suppose I post a large block of data, that data should be passed as stdin for 
> cgi program. Does the http server wait until all data uploaded before 
> invoking 
> the cgi program? or will it invoke the cgi program just after header block 
> arrived completely, so that the cgi can read stdin as chunks of data.

Search for CGI streaming.

Here's one example
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/ange/archives/archives-95/http-wg-archive/1835.html

But it may not work in all situations such as some proxies.



 
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