You can probably blame Apple mail for that.

Terry...

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On 01/03/2012, at 8:46 AM, "Bob Sneidar" <b...@twft.com> wrote:

> Not to be too critical, but it is nearly impossible for me to read this as a 
> thread when prior conversations are not "quoted" in some way to distinguish 
> them from the actual post. My mind gives up trying. 
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> On Feb 29, 2012, at 11:25 AM, Terry Judd wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 01/03/2012, at 12:19 AM, Dave Cragg wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On 29 Feb 2012, at 09:49, Terry Judd wrote:
>> 
>> Hi guys - we have a reasonably complex Livecode app that makes lots of 
>> server requests - typically initiated by posting data to php routines on a 
>> secure (https) server.  Generally things work well but occasionally things 
>> go awry and we start seeing slowdowns and odd errors (including the dreaded 
>> 'previous request not completed'), particularly if a number of requests are 
>> made in relatively quick succession.
>> 
>> Anyway, I was wondering whether there was any advantage to closing the open 
>> socket as soon as any data is returned rather than waiting for it close 
>> itself (there is a timeout interval of 5 seconds), thereby forcing any new 
>> request to open a new socket rather than using an 'old' open one?
>> 
>> If all the requests are to http urls, you could try adding a "Connection: 
>> close" header.
>> 
>> set the httpHeaders to "Connection: close"
>> 
>> This may not solve all the problems you are seeing, but it should cause the 
>> remote server to close the connection after replying and include a suitable 
>> header in its response. This will cause libUrl to close the socket and not 
>> attempt to use an already open one for subsequent requests. I've seen this 
>> solve problems where Livecode doesn't immediately recognize that a socket 
>> has been closed remotely and attempts to re-use it, resulting in an error.
>> 
>> Dave
>> 
>> Thanks Dave, that sounds promising. I'll give it a go.
>> 
>> Terry...
>> 
>> Dr Terry Judd
>> Senior Lecturer in Medical Education
>> Medical Eduction Unit
>> Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences
>> The University of Melbourne
>> 
>> 
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