On  0, tek1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> not sure if the problems are connected, but i ran into a bug with filters 
> not setting the content-length of the response correctly.  please check the 
> archives for my post entitled "RE: anyone using filter to set content 
> length of response?".
> 
> it would require digging into the tomcat code, but i wonder if the 
> connectors make use of filters and the problems are connected?
> 
> i ran my application in jetty and the response's content length was set 
> correctly.
> 
> can you try running your application in tomcat4.1.10 (latest stable) or 
> another servlet container (i.e. jetty, jrun, etc.) to see if the problem 
> still exists?

It runs correctly in jboss-jetty.  I am running tomcat standalone,
though.

I will try 4.1.10 this afternoon sometime.

> my application was dealing with a mobile client, which cannot determine for 
> itself what the incoming content-length is and thus requires the 
> content-length to be explicitly set on the server.  although this problem 
> existed on the mobile client, it did not happen when i accessed the 
> application using netscape4.79, which leads me to believe that some 
> browsers are capable of automatically determining the content-length, even 
> if it is not set explicitly on the server...

I am observice Netscape 4.x on most platforms not correctly
determining content-length from the body, but IE 5 and lynx doing so
correctly.

Thanks
Tom
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