Re: CGI/1.0: last call (fwd)
luotonen@ptsun00.cern.ch (Ari Luotonen)
From: luotonen@ptsun00.cern.ch (Ari Luotonen)
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 93 16:21:57 +0100
Message-id: <9312051521.AA13805@ptsun03.cern.ch>
To: www-talk@nxoc01.cern.ch
Subject: Re: CGI/1.0: last call (fwd)
> > The problem with that is that it leaves room for error in future
> > endeavors... what if the next FORMS+ interface doesn't have = in it? The
> > server shouldn't decode the string but it will if it doesn't find an =
> > sign...
>
> Uhm.. I must be overlooking something.. as far as I have understood it,
>
> issuing an ISINDEX query will result in a URL like
>
> "http://server.some.where/oldpath/oldfile?word",
> where oldpath/file points to the document that the query was issued from,
> while a form request will point to a virtual file in the /htbin dir.
Form request doesn't necessarily start with /htbin -- there may be
URLs that seem to point to regular files, but which are actually
mapped to scripts generating those files.
And Rob, ?queries in non-full URLs in Location: can be handled
directly by server without explicit redirection; only #labels
pose a problem since they are solely meant for the client.
-- Cheers, Ari --