- From: Foteos Macrides <MACRIDES@sci.wfbr.edu>
- Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 21:28:42 -0500 (EST)
- To: josh@netscape.com
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Josh Cohen <josh@netscape.com> wrote: >> The "307" proposal will allow CGI scripts to work with at >> least 99% probability of success with both HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 >> browsers. Think about it some more. Try it, you'll like it!!! :) :) > >So, am I correct in saying that the new CGI must check the version >of the *REQUEST* before deciding which code to send back ? Yes. And the old CGI scripts will work fine > 99% of the time, because 302 is "General (temporary) Redirection" which 99% of the HTTP/1.0 browsers convert to GET, and all of the HTTP/1.1 browsers will do as well (at their "discretion" :). >I assume that SERVER_VERSION is the server version, not the request >version. I dont have the CGI stuff in front of me, is there >a variable to tell the CGI script what the request version was ? Heaven help us who are typo prone (and particularly those of us who are getting old and senile :). That's SERVER_PROTOCOL, and it's whatever HTTP/major.minor version the browser, itself, claimed in its request. Fote ========================================================================= Foteos Macrides Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research MACRIDES@SCI.WFBR.EDU 222 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury, MA 01545 =========================================================================
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