[Fwd: Re: 304 code]

[Ernest Perez]

Thanks to all for quick response on my dumb question about Web log 304
code. I got NINE responses telling me variations of "It's the message
that you get when the file in your cache is still up-to-date. So, the
Web server doesn't send a new duplicate copy, and the cache file simply
displays."

I did get one comment bringing up an interesting point of how this might
affect logstat reports.... (BTW, code # 200 mentioned below means the
file was successfully transmitted in response to a request)

Jacqueline N Loop wrote:
> 

> I use a program called getstats to anaylze my log & I discovered it didn't 
> count the 304 entries as hits, only
> the 200 codes.  That's not what I want to count - I want attempts to use
> the pages, not just file transfers.
> So I take the monthly log & put it into WordPerfect to replace all the
> 304's with 200's & then run it
> through getstats.  I'm sure you'll get a good technical explanation, but
> the above is why I always think
> "Grrr" when I see 304!
> 
> Regards,
> Jackie Loop
> loo at inel.gov