Re: bug with redirection?

This is not so easy to fix...
The standards say one thing but the implementations I have seen seem to
violate the standards.
Possibly I will just add a check for an Error of Method not allowed and
try to switch methods, if it is a post or a get.

Thanks
Clement Onime

On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Dietmar P. Schindler wrote:

> Dear Clement,
> 
> there is perhaps a little bug in the handling of form post results with
> redirections.
> After I posted the form contained in
> <http://www.megatime.de/uhren/loesung.htm>
> (which had a form field
> "redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.megatime.de%2Fuhren%2Fok33.htm")
> I received in the response
> 
> Method Not Allowed
> 
> The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /uhren/ok33.htm.
> 
> Could it be the case that when the result of the posting of a form
> contains a redirect tag, the target of the redirection is fetched also
> with method POST, while it should be fetched with method GET?
> 
> Best regards,
> Dietmar
> 

Received on Tuesday, 16 November 1999 11:53:29 UTC