Hi John, > I notice, in the getting started documentation, that I am supposed to return > Apache2::Const::OK to indicate an HTTP 200 success status
Actually, that's not about sending a HTTP 200 success status. You return Apache2::Const::OK to tell httpd that your handler ran correctly. > When I print out other values of > constants from the same package they seem to have numeric values which > directly correspond to their respective HTTP status codes. True, but it's just due to a lack of imagination on the part of the httpd developers. The only constants that intentionally contain valid HTTP status codes are the Apache2::Const::HTTP_* ones. > However, it strikes me as a extremely bizarre, > especially when returning Apache2::Const::HTTP_OK, which does evaluate to > 200, causes Apache2 to response with a canned error response page Right because you returned something other than HTTP::Const::OK, meaning your handler failed and httpd should sound the alarm. I hope that clears it up for you. This is a common confusion, so nothing to feel bad about. - Perrin
