On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Differentiated Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have a mod_perl program which based on certain parameters returns the gif which
>is to be displayed. We use
> print "Location: http://192.168.1.2/smg/images/logo.gif'".
> This means the browser makes 2 HTTP requests
> 1. To the CGI program to request for the location of the GIF
> 2. To the Web server requesting the GIF itself.
>
> We want to combine both into a single HTTP - request response sequence
> i.e., is it possible to read and return the gif file from within a CGI
> program itself. If so, how ??
Apache->request->internal_redirect(<url>);
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