RE: How to handle errors if contents of response are dynamically generated?

We cannot buffer data on the server because the data can be very large.
   
  Thank everyone for your suggestions and helps!

Mike Dierken <dierken@gmail.com> wrote:
  How much data is buffered on the server?
If that dynamically generated can be stored (at least temporarily), a root
document with links to chunks/fragments can be returned quickly and each
chuck would be a separate request, with it's own response status code.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: www-talk-request@w3.org 
> [mailto:www-talk-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Mark Baker
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 8:38 PM
> To: X. Long
> Cc: www-talk@w3.org
> Subject: Re: How to handle errors if contents of response are 
> dynamically generated?
> 
> 
> On 9/13/07, X. Long wrote:
> > Thanks Mark! The HTTP server I am building is a server that provide 
> > dynamic data (format can be binary or text, size can vary 
> from MB to 
> > TB) according to requests of users. The server is supposed to serve 
> > user scripts (e.g., in
> > perl/python/java/c#) and browsers (e.g., ie).
> 
> Hmm, that kind of generality means you need a very general solution.
> I'm not aware of a single solution which would meet your needs.
> 
> Had you said that you were using just one or two specific 
> data formats, then you might consider injecting an extension 
> into the data that signalled the error (if the format 
> supported that, plus with some script that could render it in 
> a browser). That doesn't sound general enough for you though.
> 
> > The expected solution would be the client can get aware of 
> the error 
> > immediately (not waiting for timeout and knowing the data 
> is incomplete).
> > Ideally, users should be notified this is an internal error 
> and they 
> > should contact admin instead of repeating the request.
> >
> > Also, since this is a well known problem with HTTP, what are the 
> > general approaches recommended? It will be great if some previous 
> > discussions about this topic can be pointed to me.
> 
> It's well known, but not so oft-encountered AFAIK. You might 
> try digging through the IETF HTTP WG archives at 
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ietf-http-wg/
> 
> Sorry I couldn't be more help.
> 
> Mark.
> -- 
> Mark Baker. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.ca
> Coactus; Web-inspired integration strategies http://www.coactus.com
> 



       
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