- From: Gregory J. Woodhouse <gjw@wnetc.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 15:06:13 -0700 (PDT)
- To: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
- Cc: mau@beatles.cselt.stet.it, MACRIDES@sci.wfbr.edu, http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Personally, I like the idea of a reliable POST. Instead of introducing a REPOST method for situations where the original POST may or may not have succeeded, it would seem better to include the necessary handshaking so that the client will no for sure if the operation succeeded, and so tht if it fails, partial or incorrect data will not be recorded by the server. This is more complex, of course requiring several interactions (post, confirm, commit, acknowledge), but I believe it is worthwhile in cases where forms are used to update databases and the like. Of course, a response header which indicates that a REPOST is safe would be enough for many situations, and developers should be able to use the unsafe POST when it is appropriate to do so. --- Gregory Woodhouse gjw@wnetc.com home page: http://www.wnetc.com/ resource page: http://www.wnetc.com/resource/
Received on Friday, 27 September 1996 15:43:02 UTC