Re: using PUT with XMLHTTP
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Re: using PUT with XMLHTTP

From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Date: Wed Jan 25 2006 - 16:18:03 CET



VK wrote:



> Jasen Betts wrote:


>> PUT is not well supported (by servers), file uploads are usually done


>> using POST with multipart content and CGI support on ther server.


> 


> PUT is not supported *by current browsers*



Nonsense.



> (except Amaya, but this W3C ugly baby is not usable for browsing).



Fortunately, you do not set the standards for the Web.


 


> On the server side you can instruct server to accept even FOOBAR


> requests



That would not be a _HTTP_ server anymore.



> if you want to, so again - it's the limitation from the client side.



No, it is not.  Learn to understand the difference between (HTTP) clients


and browsers.



PointedEars


Received on Tue Feb  7 21:22:38 2006