[REBOL] Re: How to cgi redirect?
From: hallvard:ystad:helpinhand at: 24-Oct-2002 21:52
Hi
Dixit Jason Cunliffe (16.10 24.10.2002):
>Hi Ed
>[...]
>Q2. If JavaScript is turned off, can you suggest a strategy to detect/handle
>that? What do you suppose are the stats on JavaScript disabling?
>
>Q3. Is there any way to do the redirect without JavaScript dependency?
Sorry if I wasn't clear enough. But if you do a redirect with the HTTP headers, you don't
need to worry about JS dependency. All browsers that support HTTP/1.0 will follow redirects
for you. (Some might not though, homemade browsers, java browsers that explicitly are
told not to...). Check the HTTP protocol specification if you need to: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/.
Second thought: do you need to do a redirect _after_ you have finished with the header?
If you cannot detect whether or not you shall redirect before the HTTP header is written
out, well, then my suggestion fails...
~H
