Hi Andreas,

On 06 Aug 2010, at 18:49, Andreas Raab wrote:

> On 8/6/2010 6:06 AM, Lawson English wrote:
>> http://homepage.mac.com/svc/Reddit.st/
>> 
>> suggests using
>> 
>> (WebClient httpGet: self url) isSuccess
>> 
>> to test for a valid URL.
> 
> Looks like this needs to be wrapped into an error handler, e.g.,
> 
> 	[(WebClient httpGet: self url) isSuccess]
> 		on: Error do:[:ex| ex return false].
> 
> Cheers,
>  - Andreas
> 
>> however if it is not valid or is poorly formed you get an debugger error
>> message. e.g. :
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> (WebClient httpGet: 'http://www.google.com') isSuccess. => true
>> 
>> (WebClient httpGet: 'http://www.google.c') isSuccess ===> retry/giveup
>> (giveup) ==> primSocket:connectTo:port: failed
>> (WebClient httpGet: 'http://gjfdgi436.com') isSuccess ===> retry/giveup
>> (giveup) ==> primSocket:connectTo:port: failed
>> 
>> using Seaside 3.0 on squeak 4.1. and using pristine Squeak 4.1 image.
>> 
>> 
>> So, I'm guessing that is a bug. Also, is there another way to test for
>> vaid URLs using squeak/seaside?
>> 
>> 
>> Lawson

Thanks for the suggestion, I incorporated the change.
Thanks for reporting this, Lawson.

Sven