Re: Setting up a web services server, and services

Since the vast majority of IFS folders/files are case insensitive I don't have to do anything to make it case insensitive - it just is most of the time.

That's what I meant.

I know the standards say case-sensitive - but adherence to those kinds of standards is not always a good idea. At least allow me to specify otherwise.

Maybe I'm just feeling grumpy today - and I am surprised that google has case-sensitive URIs. Just seems pointless.


Jon Paris

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On Nov 21, 2018, at 12:38 PM, Nadir Amra <amra@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

This how applications are deployed in any application server. Nothing
new.

Take for example, Google, which seems to operate a case-sensitive URL
policy on their own URLs. For example, the second link below is a 404:

http://google.com/doodles
http://google.com/Doodles

Not sure what you mean about "....have to remember...". It has always
been the case.

RFC 3986 defines URIs as case-sensitive except for the scheme and host
components.

Having said that, one could always manipulate the HTTP configuration to
map URLs any way you want. So you could define you web services as lower
case, then create a mapping such that any requests that come in is lower
cased before forwarding on to be processed.



"WEB400" <web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 11/21/2018 11:16:40 AM:

From: Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Web400@Midrange. Web400" <web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 11/21/2018 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Setting up a web services server, and services
Sent by: "WEB400" <web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Not related to Booth's question but re: "URL context root is case

sensitive. "

Why did IBM choose to do this ? To have to remember that one
service in many that may be deployed is case-sensitive is (to put it
mildly) annoying.

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