Why allow HTTP DELETE?

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Greetings, my hardcore admin friends!

Why or when would I want to (or have to) allow the HTTP DELETE method for a Domino based web application or even a public website? Even the ?DeleteDocument URL command and the action Domino generates for @Command([Clear]) actually issue HTTP GET requests, when run from a browser.

So, what would be a reason to allow DELETE for your site?

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Subject: Why allow HTTP DELETE?

Well, it would certainly couple well with a web services consumer that expects a RESTful interface for CRUD operations.

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Subject: RE: Why allow HTTP DELETE?

Thanks Stan, the only other thing I came up with is a WebDAV enabled site, but it seems that there really is no use to allow DELETE in most cases.