1 | <html><head><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><title>Apache Tomcat 6.0 - SSI How To</title><meta value="Glenn L. Nielsen" name="author"><meta value="glenn@apache.org" name="email"></head><body vlink="#525D76" alink="#525D76" link="#525D76" text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"><table cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0"><!--PAGE HEADER--><tr><td><!--PROJECT LOGO--><a href="http://tomcat.apache.org/"><img border="0" alt=" |
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3 | " align="right" src="./../images/tomcat.gif"></a></td><td><font face="arial,helvetica,sanserif"><h1>Apache Tomcat 6.0</h1></font></td><td><!--APACHE LOGO--><a href="http://www.apache.org/"><img border="0" alt="Apache Logo" align="right" src="./../images/asf-logo.gif"></a></td></tr></table><table cellspacing="4" width="100%" border="0"><!--HEADER SEPARATOR--><tr><td colspan="2"><hr size="1" noshade></td></tr><tr><!--RIGHT SIDE MAIN BODY--><td align="left" valign="top" width="80%"><table cellspacing="4" width="100%" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" align="left"><h1>Apache Tomcat 6.0</h1><h2>SSI How To</h2></td><td nowrap="true" valign="top" align="right"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Introduction"><strong>Introduction</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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4 | |
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5 | <p>SSI (Server Side Includes) are directives that are placed in HTML pages, |
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6 | and evaluated on the server while the pages are being served. They let you |
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7 | add dynamically generated content to an existing HTML page, without having |
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8 | to serve the entire page via a CGI program, or other dynamic technology. |
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9 | </p> |
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10 | |
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11 | <p>Within Tomcat SSI support can be added when using Tomcat as your |
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12 | HTTP server and you require SSI support. Typically this is done |
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13 | during development when you don't want to run a web server like Apache.</p> |
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14 | |
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15 | <p>Tomcat SSI support implements the same SSI directives as Apache. See the |
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16 | <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/howto/ssi.html#basicssidirectives"> |
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17 | Apache Introduction to SSI</a> for information on using SSI directives.</p> |
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18 | |
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19 | <p>SSI support is available as a servlet and as a filter. You should use one |
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20 | or the other to provide SSI support but not both.</p> |
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21 | |
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22 | <p>Servlet based SSI support is implemented using the class |
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23 | <code>org.apache.catalina.ssi.SSIServlet</code>. Traditionally, this servlet |
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24 | is mapped to the URL pattern "*.shtml".</p> |
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25 | |
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26 | <p>Filter based SSI support is implemented using the class |
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27 | <code>org.apache.catalina.ssi.SSIFilter</code>. Traditionally, this filter |
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28 | is mapped to the URL pattern "*.shtml", though it can be mapped to "*" as |
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29 | it will selectively enable/disable SSI processing based on mime types. The |
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30 | contentType init param allows you to apply SSI processing to JSP pages, |
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31 | javascript, or any other content you wish.</p> |
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32 | <p>By default SSI support is disabled in Tomcat.</p> |
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33 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Installation"><strong>Installation</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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34 | |
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35 | <p><strong>CAUTION</strong> - SSI directives can be used to execute programs |
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36 | external to the Tomcat JVM. If you are using the Java SecurityManager this |
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37 | will bypass your security policy configuration in <code>catalina.policy.</code> |
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38 | </p> |
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39 | |
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40 | <p>To use the SSI servlet, remove the XML comments from around the SSI servlet |
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41 | and servlet-mapping configuration in |
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42 | <code>$CATALINA_BASE/conf/web.xml</code>.</p> |
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43 | |
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44 | <p>To use the SSI filter, remove the XML comments from around the SSI filter |
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45 | and filter-mapping configuration in |
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46 | <code>$CATALINA_BASE/conf/web.xml</code>.</p> |
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47 | |
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48 | <p>Only Contexts which are marked as privileged may use SSI features (see the |
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49 | privileged property of the Context element).</p> |
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50 | |
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51 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Servlet Configuration"><strong>Servlet Configuration</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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52 | |
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53 | <p>There are several servlet init parameters which can be used to |
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54 | configure the behaviour of the SSI servlet. |
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55 | <ul> |
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56 | <li><strong>buffered</strong> - Should output from this servlet be buffered? |
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57 | (0=false, 1=true) Default 0 (false).</li> |
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58 | <li><strong>debug</strong> - Debugging detail level for messages logged |
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59 | by this servlet. Default 0.</li> |
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60 | <li><strong>expires</strong> - The number of seconds before a page with SSI |
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61 | directives will expire. Default behaviour is for all SSI directives to be |
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62 | evaluated for every request.</li> |
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63 | <li><strong>isVirtualWebappRelative</strong> - Should "virtual" SSI directive |
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64 | paths be interpreted as relative to the context root, instead of the server |
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65 | root? (0=false, 1=true) Default 0 (false).</li> |
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66 | <li><strong>inputEncoding</strong> - The encoding to be assumed for SSI |
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67 | resources if one cannot be determined from the resource itself. Default is |
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68 | the default platform encoding.</li> |
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69 | <li><strong>outputEncoding</strong> - The encoding to be used for the result |
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70 | of the SSI processing. Default is UTF-8.</li> |
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71 | </ul> |
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72 | </p> |
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73 | |
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74 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Filter Configuration"><strong>Filter Configuration</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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75 | |
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76 | <p>There are several filter init parameters which can be used to |
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77 | configure the behaviour of the SSI filter. |
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78 | <ul> |
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79 | <li><strong>contentType</strong> - A regex pattern that must be matched before |
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80 | SSI processing is applied. When crafting your own pattern, don't forget that a |
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81 | mime content type may be followed by an optional character set in the form |
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82 | "mime/type; charset=set" that you must take into account. Default is |
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83 | "text/x-server-parsed-html(;.*)?".</li> |
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84 | <li><strong>debug</strong> - Debugging detail level for messages logged |
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85 | by this servlet. Default 0.</li> |
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86 | <li><strong>expires</strong> - The number of seconds before a page with SSI |
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87 | directives will expire. Default behaviour is for all SSI directives to be |
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88 | evaluated for every request.</li> |
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89 | <li><strong>isVirtualWebappRelative</strong> - Should "virtual" SSI directive |
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90 | paths be interpreted as relative to the context root, instead of the server |
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91 | root? (0=false, 1=true) Default 0 (false).</li> |
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92 | </ul> |
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93 | </p> |
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94 | |
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95 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Directives"><strong>Directives</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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96 | <p>Server Side Includes are invoked by embedding SSI directives in an HTML document |
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97 | whose type will be processed by the SSI servlet. The directives take the form of an HTML |
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98 | comment. The directive is replaced by the results of interpreting it before sending the |
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99 | page to the client. The general form of a directive is: </p> |
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100 | <p> <code><!--#directive [parm=value] --></code></p> |
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101 | <p>The directives are: |
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102 | <ul> |
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103 | <li> |
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104 | <strong>config</strong> - <code><!--#config timefmt="%B %Y" --></code> |
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105 | Used to set the format of dates and other items processed by SSI |
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106 | </li> |
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107 | <li> |
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108 | <strong>echo</strong> - <code><!--#echo var="VARIABLE_NAME" --></code> |
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109 | will be replaced bt the value of the variable. |
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110 | </li> |
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111 | <li> |
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112 | <strong>exec</strong> - Used to run commands on the host system. |
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113 | </li> |
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114 | <li> |
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115 | <strong>include</strong> - <code><!--#include virtual="file-name" --></code> |
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116 | inserts the contents |
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117 | </li> |
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118 | <li> |
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119 | <strong>flastmod</strong> - <code><!--#flastmod file="filename.shtml" --></code> |
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120 | Returns the time that a file was lost modified. |
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121 | </li> |
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122 | <li> |
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123 | <strong>fsize</strong> - <code><!--#fsize file="filename.shtml" --></code> |
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124 | Returns the size of a file. |
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125 | </li> |
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126 | <li> |
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127 | <strong>printenv</strong> - <code><!--#printenv --></code> |
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128 | Returns the list of all the defined variables. |
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129 | </li> |
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130 | <li> |
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131 | <strong>set</strong> - <code><!--#set var="foo" value="Bar" --></code> |
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132 | is used to assign a value to a user-defind variable. |
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133 | </li> |
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134 | <li> |
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135 | <strong>if elif endif else</strong> - Used to create conditional sections. For example:</li> |
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136 | <code><!--#config timefmt="%A" --><br> |
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137 | <!--#if expr="$DATE_LOCAL = /Monday/" --><br> |
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138 | <p>Meeting at 10:00 on Mondays</p><br> |
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139 | <!--#elif expr="$DATE_LOCAL = /Friday/" --><br> |
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140 | <p>Turn in your time card</p><br> |
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141 | <!--#else --><br> |
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142 | <p>Yoga class at noon.</p><br> |
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143 | <!--#endif --></code> |
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144 | </ul> |
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145 | </p> |
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146 | See the |
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147 | <p> <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/howto/ssi.html#basicssidirectives"> |
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148 | Apache Introduction to SSI</a> for more information on using SSI directives.</p> |
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149 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Variables"><strong>Variables</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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150 | <p>The SSI servlet currently implements the following variables: |
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151 | </p> |
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152 | <table border="1"> |
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153 | <tr> |
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154 | <th>Variable Name</th> |
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155 | <th>Description</th> |
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156 | </tr> |
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158 | <tr> |
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159 | <td>AUTH_TYPE</td> |
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160 | <td> |
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161 | The type of authentication used for this user: BASIC, FORM, etc.</td> |
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162 | </tr> |
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163 | |
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164 | <tr> |
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165 | <td>CONTENT_LENGTH</td> |
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166 | <td> |
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167 | The length of the data (in bytes or the number of |
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168 | characters) passed from a form.</td> |
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169 | </tr> |
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170 | |
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171 | <tr> |
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172 | <td>CONTENT_TYPE</td> |
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173 | <td> |
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174 | The MIME type of the query data, such as "text/html".</td> |
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175 | </tr> |
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176 | |
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177 | <tr> |
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178 | <td>DATE_GMT</td> |
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179 | <td> |
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180 | Current date and time in GMT</td> |
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181 | </tr> |
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182 | |
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183 | <tr> |
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184 | <td>DATE_LOCAL</td> |
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185 | <td> |
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186 | Current date and time in the local time zone</td> |
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187 | </tr> |
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188 | <tr> |
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189 | <td>DOCUMENT_NAME</td> |
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190 | <td> |
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191 | The current file</td> |
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192 | </tr> |
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193 | <tr> |
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194 | <td>DOCUMENT_URI</td> |
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195 | <td> |
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196 | Virtual path to the file</td> |
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197 | </tr> |
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198 | |
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199 | <tr> |
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200 | <td>GATEWAY_INTERFACE</td> |
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201 | <td> |
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202 | The revision of the Common Gateway Interface that the |
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203 | server uses if enabled: "CGI/1.1".</td> |
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204 | </tr> |
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205 | |
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206 | <tr> |
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207 | <td>HTTP_ACCEPT</td> |
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208 | <td> |
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209 | A list of the MIME types that the client can accept.</td> |
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210 | </tr> |
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211 | |
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212 | <tr> |
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213 | <td>HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING</td> |
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214 | <td> |
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215 | A list of the compression types that the client can accept.</td> |
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216 | </tr> |
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217 | |
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218 | <tr> |
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219 | <td>HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE</td> |
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220 | <td> |
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221 | A list of the laguages that the client can accept.</td> |
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222 | </tr> |
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223 | <tr> |
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224 | <td>HTTP_CONNECTION</td> |
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225 | <td> |
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226 | The way that the connection from the client is being managed: |
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227 | "Close" or "Keep-Alive".</td> |
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228 | </tr> |
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229 | <tr> |
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230 | <td>HTTP_HOST</td> |
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231 | <td> |
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232 | The web site that the client requested.</td> |
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233 | </tr> |
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234 | <tr> |
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235 | <td>HTTP_REFERER</td> |
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236 | <td> |
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237 | The URL of the document that the client linked from.</td> |
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238 | </tr> |
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239 | <tr> |
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240 | <td>HTTP_USER_AGENT</td> |
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241 | <td> |
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242 | The browser the client is using to issue the request.</td> |
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243 | </tr> |
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244 | <tr> |
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245 | <td>LAST_MODIFIED</td> |
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246 | <td> |
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247 | Last modification date and time for current file</td> |
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248 | </tr> |
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249 | <tr> |
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250 | <td>PATH_INFO</td> |
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251 | <td> |
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252 | Extra path information passed to a servlet.</td> |
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253 | </tr> |
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254 | <tr> |
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255 | <td>PATH_TRANSLATED</td> |
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256 | <td> |
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257 | The translated version of the path given by the |
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258 | variable PATH_INFO.</td> |
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259 | </tr> |
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260 | <tr> |
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261 | <td>QUERY_STRING</td> |
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262 | <td> |
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263 | The query string that follows the "?" in the URL. |
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264 | </td> |
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265 | </tr> |
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266 | <tr> |
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267 | <td>QUERY_STRING_UNESCAPED</td> |
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268 | <td> |
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269 | Undecoded query string with all shell metacharacters escaped |
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270 | with "\"</td> |
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271 | </tr> |
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272 | <tr> |
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273 | <td>REMOTE_ADDR</td> |
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274 | <td> |
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275 | The remote IP address of the user making the request.</td> |
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276 | </tr> |
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277 | <tr> |
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278 | <td>REMOTE_HOST</td> |
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279 | <td> |
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280 | The remote hostname of the user making the request.</td> |
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281 | </tr> |
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282 | <tr> |
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283 | <td>REMOTE_PORT</td> |
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284 | <td> |
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285 | The port number at remote IP address of the user making the request.</td> |
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286 | </tr> |
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287 | <tr> |
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288 | <td>REMOTE_USER</td> |
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289 | <td> |
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290 | The authenticated name of the user.</td> |
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291 | </tr> |
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292 | <tr> |
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293 | <td>REQUEST_METHOD</td> |
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294 | <td> |
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295 | The method with which the information request was |
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296 | issued: "GET", "POST" etc.</td> |
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297 | </tr> |
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298 | <tr> |
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299 | <td>REQUEST_URI</td> |
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300 | <td> |
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301 | The web page originally requested by the client.</td> |
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302 | </tr> |
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303 | <tr> |
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304 | <td>SCRIPT_FILENAME</td> |
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305 | <td> |
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306 | The location of the current web page on the server.</td> |
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307 | </tr> |
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308 | <tr> |
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309 | <td>SCRIPT_NAME</td> |
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310 | <td> |
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311 | The name of the web page.</td> |
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312 | </tr> |
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313 | <tr> |
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314 | <td>SERVER_ADDR</td> |
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315 | <td> |
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316 | The server's IP address.</td> |
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317 | </tr> |
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318 | <tr> |
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319 | <td>SERVER_NAME</td> |
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320 | <td> |
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321 | The server's hostname or IP address.</td> |
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322 | </tr> |
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323 | <tr> |
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324 | <td>SERVER_PORT</td> |
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325 | <td> |
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326 | The port on which the server received the request.</td> |
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327 | </tr> |
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328 | <tr> |
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329 | <td>SERVER_PROTOCOL</td> |
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330 | <td> |
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331 | The protocol used by the server. E.g. "HTTP/1.1".</td> |
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332 | </tr> |
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333 | <tr> |
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334 | <td>SERVER_SOFTWARE</td> |
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335 | <td> |
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336 | The name and version of the server software that is |
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337 | answering the client request.</td> |
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338 | </tr> |
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339 | <tr> |
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340 | <td>UNIQUE_ID</td> |
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341 | <td> |
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342 | A token used to identify the current session if one |
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343 | has been established.</td> |
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344 | </tr> |
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345 | </table> |
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346 | </blockquote></td></tr></table></td></tr><!--FOOTER SEPARATOR--><tr><td colspan="2"><hr size="1" noshade></td></tr><!--PAGE FOOTER--><tr><td colspan="2"><div align="center"><font size="-1" color="#525D76"><em> |
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347 | Copyright © 1999-2008, Apache Software Foundation |
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