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Posted by John Dunlop on 10/07/05 20:43
R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah wrote:
> chotiwallah wrote:
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> > header("Content-type: text/plain");
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> IIRC, the correct Content-type for CSV is "text/x-csv".
I was going to make a similar remark but you beat me to it.
text/x-csv is common, for sure, but it isn't and can't be registered, it
being a 'private' type (indicated by the 'x-' prefix). I would say
text/x-csv is more useful at the moment in that the likelihood of its
being interpreted as signifying CSV is greater (at least in my browser).
I don't know how far text/plain is meant to stretch: at what stage do
things start becoming 'formatting commands or directives' (the wording of
RFC2046)? does this very post - the one you're reading - not contain
'formatting commands' in the shape of those quote markers >'s?
text/x-csv would be my choice too though.
[why does TSV have a registered type but not CSV?]
how you doin?
--
Jock
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