IE and Netscape behave differently with this header
(not to reload the content from the server).
If I remember correctly,
With IE, you can use HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_MODIFIED.
With Netscape, only SC_NO_CONTENT works, but only to some
extend.
Hope this helps.
Qiao Jin wrote:
> Has anyone used the two HTTP status code successfully from a servlet?
>
> Being called from an HTML form, my testing servlet's doGet routine simply
> sets the status code via:
>
> response.setStatus (response.SC_NO_CONTENT) ;
>
> and returns.
>
> The browser (IE 5.5 or Netscape 6) keeps trying to load a new page for a
> long time, (the progress bar moves slowly or stalls,) until I press the
> "refresh" button, although the previous content is kept unchanged as it is
> supposed to.
>
> With SC_RESET_CONTENT, the whole page is wiped out, while it should have
> just reset the form.
>
> Any suggestions? Thank you for your help.
> Qiao
>
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