The following reply was made to PR general/4203; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Dirk-Willem van Gulik (kim)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Subject: general/4203: redirect based on 404 turns POST into GET Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 22:06:10 +0200 Steven Roussey wrote: > Seems ErrorDocument does an 'internal' redirect. It doesn't send anything > back to the browser about redirection. It does, however, turn the POST into > a GET by the time my script runs. :( Could you send me a copy of how you configured that. This sounds a bit more like a true niggle ? I.e. a cut and paste of the conf file. Dw. > Steven Roussey > Network54.com > > > Steven Roussey wrote: > > > > > > I have one question. In the case of the ErrorDocument, does > > apache really do > > > a redirect? I thought it created REDIRECT_* variables, and then did the > > > redirect itself without sending a response code to the user. It would be > > > strange to send a redirect response code and then a 404 > > response code from > > > the error document. As I understand it from the documentation, > > apache uses > > > the error document provided (what I mistakenly call a redirect) pure and > > > simple. > > > > Well, there is also the concept of an 'internal' redirection; but in fact > > all three methods are possible; depending on how you configure the server. > > You'd have to show me the exact setup. You can also have a look at the log > > file; that might show you if there was a second request.. or even easier > > just do a telnet to port 80 and do it manually. That gives you > > best control. > > > > Dw. > >
