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Reading the definition of a 404:
The requested resource could not be found but may be available in the future. Subsequent requests by the client are permissible.
It literally says the RESOURCE, which I assume is what you are looking for, cannot be found.
I see how it could be confused with a MALFORMED request: "site/admn/XXX" instead of "site/admin/XXX"
But that should be RARE when implementing an API. And it has to be debugged.
I do not see an appropriate code to return otherwise.
Now, when we deal with a call to returns no data. We literally return 0 rows of data (I just checked).
And yes, the code is cleaner. A 404 starts to imply there is a SERVICE issue.
Hmmm, now it boils down to whether this is an EXCEPTION or not. In our API, ZERO results is NOT an exception.
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Sander Rossel wrote: I get that we did not find product x, but there must be a better way to separate functional from technical error...
How do you handle this?
Technical errors are 500.
User isn't going to fix it and it isn't likely it is going to fix itself.
But other than that doesn't matter to me whether an empty result is returned or 404 is. Should be consistent though and certainly should be what the caller (software) expects.
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I'm with you on this. 404 is an HTTP code. It's a transport condition, not a data condition.
The correct code to return is 204.
204 No Content
The server successfully processed the request and is not returning any content.
List of HTTP status codes - Wikipedia
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Just reading this about bowing and curtsying...
What happens if you don't bow/curtsy? Is there jail time, a fine, hand spanked??
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Traditionally you are going to be deported to Australia.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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Australian Border Security: - Purpose of visit?
Me - Business
Australian Border Security: - Do you have a criminal record?
Me - Is that still required?
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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I wonder if that really is the block and axe that did her in, or that is just some period piece and they say it is the real thing, but it really isn't.
Also, I noticed that the striking surface is quite narrow. Leaving much room for error I suppose...a few chops instead of one. More entertainment for the masses?
I have so many questions about this. 
-- rants are the vehicle of the lazy and uninspired - JSOP 2/2018
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Anne Boleyn was beheaded with a sword, not an axe, so no, its not the real thing.
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AFAIK Catherine Howard and Jane Boleyn were beheaded with an axe.
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Jane Boleyn was the sister of Anne, and was indeed executed with an Axe. Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's 2nd wife was executed by sword. There's a discussion of why that might have been here: Anne Boleyn’s last secret | The Spectator
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On the other hand - that nice scoop out for the head is very considerate - much more comfy compared to having to bend your neck every which way until you're comfortable.
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No punishment is too terrible for such treasonous behaviour.
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Quote: Commoners don't have to bow or curtsy to members of the royal family ...
Thanks for the post, I had not given the subject any thought, but I now know that a bow is not expected of me.
(Not that they would ever have got one.)
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Kevin Marois wrote: What happens if you don't bow/curtsy? Is there jail time, a fine, hand spanked??
Nothing happens - there is no law, only tradition. You are free to bow or not - the United Kingdom is a Democracy, not a Kingdom. Wait... 
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
The End
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I guess that I figured with the plethora of stupid laws we have in the U.S., that may be the same held true for the U.K.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Kevin Marois wrote: that may be the same held true for the U.K.
Oh it does. Just not in this case.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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We Dutch will never bow for the Brits 
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Good attitude, like it. Never bow to anyone!
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 What is this, the 15th century or something?
I wont bow to anyone, even if it is an ex German in a fancy hat.
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Kevin Marois wrote: What happens if you don't bow/curtsy?
This used to be considered High Treason. The statutory penalty was hanging, drawing, and quartering.
In these benighted times, even a dog (to say nothing of a cat) may look upon its Royal Lords and Masters without so much as a nod, let alone a bow or a curtsey.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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You know the film 300, where the dude shouts "This is Sparta!"?
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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The Daily Mail go absolutely mental.
Nothing else happens though.
So - if you don't care what the Daily mail think of you, you can do as you please.
(This applies to many other aspects of Britishness too)
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