Sam Tregar wrote: > Hello all. Check out this bug: > > my $r = Apache->request; > $r->header_out(Set-Cookie => '...cookie here...' ); > $r->header_out(Location => '...url here...'); > return REDIRECT; > > Now, we all know that second line has to be err_header_out not > header_out, or Apache will silently ignore the Set-Cookie directive. > I knew it as soon as I saw it, although I couldn't explain why and > thus didn't trust my intuition. I looked through the list archives > and the guide without finding an explaination that made sense. > > Would anyone mind explaining this to me?
in short, because anything other than 200 is considered an error. so REDIRECT (302) forces apache to use the err_headers_out table instead of the headers_out table. why does Location work in headers_out, then, you ask? well, it's an exception to the rule - see http_protocol.c :) --Geoff
