- From: Y. John Jiang <yjj@rad.balink.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 11:53:47 -0400
- To: Maurizio Codogno <mau@beatles.cselt.stet.it>, http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com, http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
- Cc: masinter@parc.xerox.com
On Sep 27, 1:10pm, Maurizio Codogno wrote: > Subject: Re: HTTP working group status & issues (please reply) > > % - GET-with-body or idempotent-POST > % Discussed on the working group; there seems to be enough > % demand, but not a lot of clarity on the solution. > % *** I'd like a brief note from you about your opinion, > % especially if you haven't responded on this before. > > I personally don't like very much an idempotent-POST: if I have an > incremental database, POSTing twice should result in two record added. Agree. POST is intended to have something posted/added to the server content. A cache should never intercept such a request and acts on behalf of the server. If POST is used to give fairly static responses, it's rather a misuse of the method, and the protocol should not be modified to accomodate the misuse. > Netscape "repost form data?" checkbox is however a good idea, IMO, and > maybe it could be further developed to content everybody. This deals with the browser caching. But the general concern is the caching of proxy server. John
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