[Zope] GET vs. POST

Max M maxm@mxm.dk
Wed, 14 May 2003 08:36:36 +0200


Jamie Heilman wrote:

>Dennis Allison wrote:
>  
>
>>How do you transfer information via post when using
>>REQUEST['RESPONSE'].redirect?
>>
>>How do you get Zope to use POST as its default rather than GET?
>>    
>>
>You don't.  Don't combine redirects and POST, its unreliable.
>rule of thumb: Avoid redirects wherever you can.
>

It sounds like bad advice to me. Redirects are correctly implemented in 
probably any browser out there. I have never had practical problems 
using redirects. Why should it be unreliable?

regards Max M