> On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, kal inuganti wrote:
> I am back with a basic question. It would be helpful if someone
> could tell me how my server can detect if the client is disconnected

> Milt Epstein wrote:
> Basically, you can't do it with 100% reliability, so you're going to
> need to fall back on using a timeout.

> Mark Galbreath wrote:
> You could do it if the servlet sent the client an applet.


 If the browser crashes, or the network has problems, you're left
with a hanging connection. So (as Milt said) you have to deal with
timeouts in any case. There's more detailed discussion in the
archives somewhere.


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