RE: [phpesp-dev] Re: Re: Export Download

[Matthew G. <gr...@mu...>]

This is turning into a difficult question indeed :)

The /etc/mime.types file on my box lists this:
text/comma-separated-values

The Official listing of Media(mime) Types at IANA
http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/media-types
list no CVS type at all, but does list
test/tab-separated-values
which is where I'm assuming text/comma-separate-values derives from.

The RFC on the MIME Information Page
http://www.hunnysoft.com/mime/
List no such mime type and suggest the following:

"Unrecognized subtypes of "text" should be treated as subtype "plain"
as long as the MIME implementation knows how to handle the charset.
Unrecognized subtypes which also specify an unrecognized charset
should be treated as "application/octet- stream"."

A thread on Google groups
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&frame=right&th=c4a57c10fa3fda60&seekm
=Pine.GHP.4.21.0011201856130.3313-100000%40hpplus03.cern.ch#link1

suggests text/comma-separated-values over application/octet-stream.

Argh...





--On Wednesday, March 27, 2002 10:04:49 AM +1100 Kon Angelopoulos 
<an...@cp...> wrote:

> I totally agree
> I just don't think application/x-csv is a valid type
>
> Kon
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Matthew Gregg [mailto:gr...@mu...]
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 9:32 AM
>> To: Kon Angelopoulos; php...@li...
>> Subject: RE: [phpesp-dev] Re: Re: Export Download
>>
>>
>> But what if I'm not importing into Excel?  I would prefer a more generic
>> mime type.  Unless of course "application/x-csv" is totally wrong.
>>
>> --On Wednesday, March 27, 2002 09:25:18 AM +1100 Kon Angelopoulos
>> <an...@cp...> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Guys,
>> >
>> >     the prefered mime type for excel is: application/vnd.ms-excel
>> >
>> > Kon
>>
>>
>>
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