Hi, the correct way to handel this is a code 404 - if you ever go on any static unix/ linux webserver and misstype the case, youll get a 404.
And if the programmer of the spider is not keen enough of this its just his problem. BTW: Even google itself for example handles it this way: valid: http://www.google.de/imghp?hl=de&tab=wi&q= non valid (404): http://www.google.de/Imghp?hl=de&tab=wi&q= Regards, Korbinian PS: the spider-programmer soon will see that he gets loads and loads of 404s this way and eventually see that he may have a bug in his spider > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Marcel Schepers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Samstag, 18. März 2006 11:45 > An: Tapestry users > Betreff: how to deal with case sensitivity > > Hello, > > I have a Tapestry 3.0.3 application running on Windows 2003 > Server. The application has a bookmarkable page 'ShowVacancy' > which requires a String parameter. I have pasted such an URL > as an example. > > http://www.jobstoday.nl/app?service=external/ShowVacancy&sp=Sd 315d5a00a02bfd0010a090644fb0014 > > Now the site is being spidered by a fairly strange spider. It > has all the information that is required, including a valid > vacancy identifier, however for some reason it uses only > URL's consisting of lower case characters, the url used by > this spider is: > > http://www.jobstoday.nl/app?service=external/showvacancy&sp=sd 315d5a00a02bfd0010a090644fb0014 > ('showvacancy' instead of 'ShowVacancy' and 'sd....' instead > of 'Sd...') > > I do not know why the spider converts valid mixed case URLs > to lower case only URLs, but I looking for a strategy to > handle this. At the moment the application's exception page > is shown. But I am not satisfied with the Exception page. > There is no exception, a 404 would be better, won't it? What > is the correct way to handle this? > > Have a nice day, > Marcel > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
