Posted by Toby Inkster on 10/02/05 16:04

R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah wrote:

> Is it necessary or is there any standard to send HTTP header status
> for form inputs ? Say, the user is entering invalid password in login
> form and now all the applications I have seen are just displaying error
> messages above the form (with HTTP status 200); is it necessary to send
> 401 status in this case?

A 401 response should only be used if you're using HTTP authentication.

403 Forbidden might be more appropriate here.

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