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Re: PUT and DELETE methods in 200 code

From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:55:56 +0200
Message-ID: <4D99F81C.3090507@gmx.de>
To: Cameron Heavon-Jones <cmhjones@gmail.com>
CC: mike amundsen <mamund@yahoo.com>, public-html@w3.org 
On 04.04.2011 18:31, Cameron Heavon-Jones wrote:
> No problem...i will create the browser tables asap, it might take me a bit longer for WebDAV as i haven't got much experience with these and will need to set them up.
>
> Another area which i will attempt to test is the browser's handling of 3** codes...i think this might be an area where UA behaviour might not align exactly with HTTP spec.
> ...

Indeed.

UAs rewrite POST to GET in 301/302 redirects.

This is a known issue and never will change.

What's open is what they should do for methods != POST; I believe they 
should *not* rewrite.

BR, Julian
Received on Monday, 4 April 2011 16:56:33 GMT

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