GoServe news - changes by version

This page summarizes the changes made in each new release of GoServe, starting from release 2.00 (the first HTTP/1.0 version). For full details on each change, please see the online reference or GOSERVE.DOC.

2.30 [20 May 1995]

• New GoRemote pages provide full Options Notebook function, driven remotely or locally from any forms-capable Web client.
• New GOREMOTE.80 filter (used for GoRemote) provides samples of efficient forms processing and 'server-side includes' into the GoRemote pages.
• New VAR command allows a document or other data to be sent directly to the client from a Rexx variable (avoiding the need for a temporary file).
• 'Limits exceeded' count is now separated from error counts (that is, if a timeout or other limit is exceeded, it does not show as an Error). QUERY/EXTRACT LIMITCOUNT provides access to this count. Limits exceeded are audited as 'L' lines (rather than 'E').
• New SET, QUERY, and EXTRACT commands, and EXTRACT() function. These allow access to some dozens of internal GoServe state settings.
• Optional FILE command caching. This allows repeated simple FILE requests to avoid the call to the filter. This reduces response time to 15ms or less for the sample home page (on a 486/33MHz).
• Network wait times are excluded from Response time measurements. This makes Response time a more useful indicator of server load and performance.
• Multiple IP support. GoServe can now support multiple LAN adapters; the IP address and SERVERNAME reflect which address the client has connected to.
• Enhanced DATADIR checking (settings that are not a valid directory will not be accepted).
• Internal changes to improve control and performance; improvements to documentation, etc.

2.10 [23 Mar 1995]

• The first argument string passed to the filter now includes the port of the remote client, following the address.
• New CLIENTNAME() function retrieves the name of the remote client.
• Performance improvements and better handling of overload conditions.

2.00 [14 Feb 1995] - initial HTTP/1.0 release.

Mike Cowlishaw