For the HTTP/1.1 support of content ranges, what should be the correct server response for a byte range that is outside the actual contents of the file? For example, suppose I have a file 1000 bytes in length, and the request sent to my server includes a range request of: Range: bytes=2000-2500 What is the correct response? Is a 204 the correct response? Is a 206 with a Content-Length of 0 Correct? If so, then what is the "Content-Range:" that one should return? The HTTP/1.1 spec seems to imply that the right thing would be to return 200 along with the entire content (as a general error handling mechanism), however in this case, doing so seems to be the worst response and defeat the purpose of using content ranges. Thanks, -Matt Bookman <matt@pointcast.com>Received on Monday, 3 February 1997 17:05:47 UTC
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