[DAS2] mtg topics for Nov 28

Ed Erwin ed_erwin at affymetrix.com
Wed Nov 30 00:34:11 UTC 2005


>> I'm currently using the "proxy" form of redirect, which seems to keep 
>> the status code intact.  Earlier I was using the "redirect" form of 
>> redirect, which may change the status code to 302.
> 
> 
> I don't understand how the old one would be a problem in the
> web clients I'm familiar with.  It should be:
> 
>   send request to server
>       get 302 "moved temporarily" response along with new URL
>   repeat until no redirect or reached max redirect limit
>   request new URL
>       get headers/payload back

Unlike modern web browsers, IGB isn't smart enough to do that.  Maybe 
someday it will need to be, but it isn't there yet.





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