Hi,
I have also tried to download it 6 times now, I get disconnected after
about 8 minutes each time, so I only am able to download between 800Kb
to 1.1Mb of the 4.3Mb file.
Looking at the data downloaded, I see appended garbage at the end:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<TITLE>500 Internal Server Error</TITLE>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
h1 {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 24px;
color:#333333;
line-height:19px;
font-weight: 200;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
p {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
color:#333333;
line-height:19px;
}
-->
</style>
</HEAD>
<BODY><BR>
<H1>Internal Server Error</H1>
<P>
We're sorry for the inconvenience, but there has been an internal
server error. Please click on the back button to return to the former page.
</P>
</BODY></HTML>
I have seen this before. The server is set up badly, and is configured
to TIME OUT after x minutes.
Please have your system administrator fix the server settings, or none
of us will be able to download it, as we (as ES'ers) usually are stuck
on dialup.
The URL is "download.php", which seems to indicate that you are serving
this file using a PHP script. PHP scripts usually time out after a
specified period of time (to avoid scripts that never end?), and
automatically send the error message and close the connection upon timer
expiration. Even if the script supported standard HTTP (1.1)
continuation (which it does not), this added garbage would make any
(reasonably) intelligent downloading program refuse to continue with a
clear data mismatch; less intelligent downloading programs would simply
continue appending, resulting in an unusable file for no apparent (to
the user) reason.
Also, it tries to save the file as download.php instead of magazine.pdf,
so there is another line missing from the header. Destination file.
Er... why are you using a php script for downloading? For most servers,
isn't it better to link or redirect to the file itself so the server can
properly support continuation, etc., anyway?
There, now I've shown my technical side. :)
Stewart
Cheryl Griffing wrote:
> Hi Charles,
>
> This magazine looks very interesting but I have had trouble downloading it. Any special way to do it? I followed the instructions given.
>
>
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