Yeah, I've has this in the back of my head for a while that we need to handle these. We should just map it to the standard GET handler for now, I think. I don't think it'll do any damage to send a body in response, but someone should verify that.
Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Esterbrook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 11:53 PM > To: Jeff Johnson; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Webware-devel] What is REQUEST_METHOD HEAD? > > > At 11:17 PM 10/11/2001 -0400, Jeff Johnson wrote: > >Here's a new one. What is a REQUEST_METHOD = HEAD? Isn't > that just GET > >or POST? > > It's like a GET, but it only wants the timestamp in return. > Browsers will > ask for a HEAD if they are caching a copy of the document in > the hope that > they don't need to get another copy. But I think you said you > were setting > the pages to always expire, so no browser should be asking for this. > > Obviously one is, so you'd probably want to return the > current date and > time, which should be greater than the date and time you vended the > document. Perhaps add some time (like a minute) to guarantee that. > > You'll want to double check the HTTP RFC for the definition > of HEAD. I'm > speaking from distant memory. > > Since WebKit pages are always derived, perhaps Page should > default to the > behavior I described. For applications whose pages really do > stay the same > over some period of time, the Page author could override this > behavior. > > Opinions? > > > -Chuck > > > _______________________________________________ > Webware-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-devel > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail and any attachments may be confidential or legally privileged. If you received this message in error or are not the intended recipient, you should destroy the e-mail message and any attachments or copies, and you are prohibited from retaining, distributing, disclosing or using any information contained herein. Please inform us of the erroneous delivery by return e-mail. Thank you for your cooperation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Webware-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-devel
