Very Computer

Hi,

I'm wrestling with a problem (I'm not very knowledgeable in HTTP servers) trying
to get gzipped content decoded "on the fly" by the web browser. In theory, I
should be able to do this in my web page:

<script type="application:x-javascript" src="whatever.js.gz"></script>

and receive the gzipped file, at which point the browser unzips it.

However, this is not happening.

I know that in order for this to function, the server needs to send

"Content-Encoding:gzip"
"Content-Type:application/x-javascript".

However, using an HTTP tracer, I can see that the server is sending back the
headers:

"Content-Type:application/x-gzip"
"Content-Encoding:gzip".

Anybody knows why this is happening? How can I "force" the server to send the
correct content type?

Any light you can shed on this subject will be appreciated.

Juan Miranda

Use mod-asis, or a non-parsed-header (nph) cgi script, etc.

Quote:>and receive the gzipped file, at which point the browser unzips it.

If you're using IE, it won't work. IE will tell the server it can
handle gzipped content but it actually can't.

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