Re: OT http protocol question

On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Kenneth Bogucki wrote: > As I understand the http protocol, it is a stateless protocol meaning > once the web page is loaded into the browser, the connection to the web > site is closed. If a user clicks one of the web site links, a > connection is made and the new page is downloaded and displayed in the > browser and again the connection is broken > > The question is this...if the above is true, then there is no > difference, in ref: to connection, speed or download time, between > specifying a link as href=http://thisthat.com/page.php and just > href=page.php3 > > right??? > > Ken That's right, the connection, speed and download time are the same. The only difference is that you are using a complete url on the first example and the second one uses a relative path (to the current one that is). Regards, Joao -- Joao Prado Maia Web Developer Kefta.com, Inc