Correct use of Location: in http header

Must I use a blank page?

[kaled]

To redirect to another url (using a perl script) you may add the following to the http header:-

Location: http: //domain.com/page.html

My question is this. Is it legal to follow the header with a normal html page or must the header be followed by a blank page?

Thanks,

Kaled.

[py9jmas]

RFC2616, 10.3.2 301 Moved Permanently

The new permanent URI SHOULD be given by the Location field in the response. Unless the request method was HEAD, the entity of the response SHOULD contain a short hypertext note with a hyperlink to the new URI(s).

Not only can you include an HTML body - you should do. (The same applies to 302 Found replies.)

[kaled]

Perfect, I love a definitive answer - thanks.

Kaled.