[Rails] Re: ISP denies HTTP DELETE in httpd.conf ?

2008-11-05 Thread Andrew Porter
gummybears wrote: > Lastly as I was also experiencing other issues with my current ISP (no > ssh support, they say it's unsafe, only ftp support) Time to get a service provider that has a clue perhaps ? ssh is unsafe if you don't know how to set it up properly. A chrooted scp only environment

[Rails] Re: ISP denies HTTP DELETE in httpd.conf ?

2008-11-04 Thread gummybears
First, thanks to all for their answers/comments. I think I am out of luck, my ISP is not supporting the DELETE, period. Either I try including the _method=DELETE or perhaps to construct a rewrite rule in .htaccess to get around the problem. Lastly as I was also experiencing other issues with my c

[Rails] Re: ISP denies HTTP DELETE in httpd.conf ?

2008-11-04 Thread gummybears
On 4 nov, 22:13, Philip Hallstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 4, 2008, at 11:02 AM, Robert Walker wrote: > > > > >> If it's a RESTful client that really speaks REST then you're gonna be > >> in trouble. > > Why would he be in trouble? What would stop him from sneaking in the > > same par

[Rails] Re: ISP denies HTTP DELETE in httpd.conf ?

2008-11-04 Thread Philip Hallstrom
On Nov 4, 2008, at 11:02 AM, Robert Walker wrote: > >> If it's a RESTful client that really speaks REST then you're gonna be >> in trouble. > Why would he be in trouble? What would stop him from sneaking in the > same parameter into a POST request just like Rails does? > > Verb & URL: > POST /re

[Rails] Re: ISP denies HTTP DELETE in httpd.conf ?

2008-11-04 Thread Robert Walker
> P.S Their comment was, DELETE's are very old, you can do the same with > GET's, but the HTTP return > code is different. They only allow the following requests GET POST > OPTIONS PROPFIND P.P.S. They are very uninformed. DELETE has always been, and continues, to be an integral part of HTTP. We

[Rails] Re: ISP denies HTTP DELETE in httpd.conf ?

2008-11-04 Thread Robert Walker
> If it's a RESTful client that really speaks REST then you're gonna be > in trouble. Why would he be in trouble? What would stop him from sneaking in the same parameter into a POST request just like Rails does? Verb & URL: POST /resources/1 Parameters: _method=DELETE Would that not work? I'm

[Rails] Re: ISP denies HTTP DELETE in httpd.conf ?

2008-11-04 Thread Philip Hallstrom
On Nov 4, 2008, at 9:28 AM, gummybears wrote: > > Hi, > > I discovered that my webhoster denies HTTP delete's. They suggest I > can do the same via HTTP get's. > As I explained to them I am using their Rails framework via REST and > CRUD, it seems either they don't > know what they are doing or