RFC 2616:Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
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update


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... retrieval, including search, front-end update, and annotation. HTTP allows an open-ended ...


... a fixed-length subset of that defined by RFC 1123std3 [8] (an update to RFC 822std11(-> 2822prop) [9 ...


... The response to a HEAD request MAY be cacheable in the sense that the information contained in the response MAY be used to update a previously cached entity from that resource. If the new field values ...


... If a cache uses a received 304 response to update a cache entry, the cache ...
... cache entry, the cache MUST update the entry to reflect any new field values given in the response. ...


... Note: this rule allows an origin server to use a 304 (Not Modified) or a 206 (Partial Content) response to update any header associated with a previous response for the same entity ...
... entity-tag of the new response matches that of an existing entry, the new response SHOULD be used to update the header fields of the existing entry, and the result MUST be returned to the client ...


... A request intended to update a resource (e.g., a PUT) MAY include an If-Match header field to signal that the request method ...
... database gateways, it may be the last-update time stamp of the record. For virtual objects, it may be the last time the internal state ...
... TRACE or OPTIONS request containing a Max-Forwards header field MUST check and update its value prior to forwarding the request. If the received value is zero (0), the recipient MUST NOT forward the request; instead, it MUST ...



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