[10226] in www-talk@info.cern.ch
Re: PUT method
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jna)
Sat Aug 17 04:51:17 1996
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 04:41:07 +0500 (GMT+0500)
From: jna <jna@retina.net>
To: Jeremey Barrett <jeremey@forequest.com>
Cc: www-talk@w3.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960816165832.22679A-100000@descartes.forequest.com>
Resent-From: www-talk@w3.org
What exactly is a PUT method? At last check, there was no such method.
Perhaps netscape implements it as an alias to 'POST', but to the best
of my knowledge there are TWO methods: POST and GET.
PUT sounds like a netscape-ism, and probably should be avoided in the
name of standards. :)
--john
On Fri, 16 Aug 1996, Jeremey Barrett wrote:
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> Question: Is there something odd about the PUT method that Netscape
> does not allow it to be used as a method on a form?
>
> I have the following:
>
> <form method="PUT" action="some_url">
> <input type="submit" value="submit">
> </form>
>
> And when I click 'Submit' a GET request is sent to the web server.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
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