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Andreas,

Andreas Prieß wrote:
> I think the HTTP spec says that there should be _no_ change of status
> performed on a GET request - GET should alwasy be repeatable without
> danger.

While I think you're right, and agree in general, my UI makes the most
sense with links in this case. It turns out that this really isn't
happening. I must have been hallucinating. In any event, I may decide to
switch to buttons. I dunno...

> For actions like yours, that's what other HTTP commands like
> POST and PUT are for.

AFAIK, there's no way to instruct a browser to do a PUT request,
especially not in a standard link.

> Even search engines will trigger actions if such a page is public. Or
> think of someone setting up a local search engine also...

That's why these pages are neither public nor searchable ;)

- -chris
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