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

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

Whoops.. Sorry for the duplicates.  My mail client froze.  Then decided to 
go into a sending fit.


--On Tuesday, March 26, 2002 08:13:01 PM -0500 Matthew Gregg 
<gr...@mu...> wrote:

> 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&see
> km =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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