> From: LiangTyan Fui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> not many http server returns the "Content-Length" header
...
> One wonders why bother writing standards...
The standard specifies actually two methods: Either you specify the
content length, or for streamed contents you simply write your stuff out
until you are finished and close the connection. Most CGIs use that,
because it is easier to implement... you don't have to bother about
counting the number of bytes you'll want to send before you send the first
byte.
The content can be chunked, too, but that is really an exception and
you'll hardly have to deal with it as long as you don't have really large
data blobs.
Regards
Rüdiger
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