> -----Original Message----- > From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:craigmcc@;apache.org] > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 8:02 PM > To: Struts Developers List > Subject: RE: cvs commit: > jakarta-struts/src/share/org/apache/struts/taglib /html FormTag.java > > > > > On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Martin Cooper wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 18:06:31 -0700 > > From: Martin Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Struts Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: 'Struts Developers List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: cvs commit: > > jakarta-struts/src/share/org/apache/struts/taglib /html > FormTag.java > > > > Why was this changed? The change makes Struts break > compliance with the HTTP > > spec, which states: > > > > ----- > > 5.1.1 Method > > > > The Method token indicates the method to be performed on > the resource > > identified by the Request-URI. The method is case-sensitive. > > ----- > > > > The method value for a post request is specified as "POST", > not "post". > > > > Please change this back. > > > > The value included in an HTML page (as defined in the HTML > spec) has no > direct relationship with the value a browser sends on the > first line of a > request (as defined in the HTTP spec). In fact, the references to the > "get" and "post" values in the HTML spec are almost > universally in lower > case.
Well, how odd. You learn something new and obscure every day. ;-) -- Martin Cooper > > This is not a reason to change them back (although the > original upper case > values did not violate XHTML either). > > > -- > > Martin Cooper > > Craig > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:struts-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:struts-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:struts-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:struts-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
