On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Aaron Newton <[email protected]> wrote: > watching firebug won't give you an indication. canceling a request doesn't > stop the request from going to the server, it just stops listening to the > response. This is how HTTP works. If you click a link on a page, and then > stop your browser, the request for the link's destination URI has already > been sent, it's just that your browser has stopped listening for a reply. > The server still gets the instruction. If you fill out a form to buy > something and put in your credit card and hit submit, then change your mind > and stop your browser, the form has already gone to the server and there's > nothing you can do about it.
Aah ... good explanation. Thanks Aaron! Regards Rajeev J Sebastian
