- From: Foteos Macrides <MACRIDES@sci.wfbr.edu>
- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 17:18:09 -0500 (EST)
- To: mwm@contessa.phone.net
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
mwm@contessa.phone.net (Mike Meyer) wrote: >> the header suggestion (e.g. Idempotent: yes | no) has the benefit that >> CGI scripts can include it as META tag [...] The problem, though, is that it >> "begs" to be used for GET as well. > >This isn't a problem, this is a feature. I *want* to be able to tag >the results of a GET as NOT being idempotent. Or can you provide a way >to create a link (as opposed to a form submit button) that uses POST >for data? That's OK with me, and would be useful for any contemporary client. I simply was respecting the concern that was expressed about it being problematic for some HTTP/1.0 caching servers and old clients designed to assume GETs always are idempotent, while not wanting to pass on an Idempotent: yes | no header at least for POST, PUT, DELETE, etc. Fote ========================================================================= Foteos Macrides Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research MACRIDES@SCI.WFBR.EDU 222 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury, MA 01545 =========================================================================
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