Put something into URL returns no error

[Dave Cragg]

On 8 Dec 2005, at 08:29, Alex Tweedly wrote:

> Dave Cragg wrote:
>
>>
>> On 8 Dec 2005, at 07:20, Thomas McCarthy wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I'm updating a file on the web using a formula like this:
>>>
>>> put x into url ftp://name:pass@www.site.com/folder/the_file.txt
>>>
>>> It's working great. But when I tried it see what would happen if   
>>> there was no internet connection--hoping there would be an error   
>>> message-- the result was empty. How can we know if a "put" fails?
>>
>>
>> I see "invalid host address" in the result when I turn off the   
>> internet connection, presumably as a result of a  
>> hostNameToAddress  lookup . If I change to a numerical IP address,  
>> I see "error can't  connect to host"
>>
>> This was a quick check on Mac OS X. I'll check on Windows in a  
>> short  while.
>
> Yes, but if you turn off the connection, then the computer knows  
> (can tell directly) that it has no connection - that's the easy case
>
> If you can, also check what happens if you have a *network*  
> connection, but no internet connection.
>
> e.g. if you're on broadband, disconnect the wire between the router  
> and the wall socket.

But I don't need to get out of my seat to turn off the power.  Thanks  
for the heads up, Alex.

Anyway, I get the same result for the named IP (libUrl does do a  
lookup). With a numerical IP, I get "eror socketTimeout"

Cheers
Dave