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yes. to quote the rfc: There are also cases where patch formats do not need to operate from a known base-point (e.g., appending text lines to log files,

• scott_w 14y ago
  Yes, I saw that. Personally, I think Post does a good enough job for that. I know it's technically supposed to create a sub-resource, but it seems to work for appending to the same resource just as well. I'm a little uncertain of the case for using Patch to append rows to a database. Surely that's a case where Post does a better job?
  • rfugger 14y ago
    POST would make more sense if each row is its own resource. PATCH would make more sense if the entire table is its own resource, without addressable sub-resources (rows).
    • scott_w 14y ago
      As far as the spec is concerned, yes I agree. On a more personal level, I'm of the opinion that Post can append to an existing resource, without adding a new resource. Allowing for this practicality in the spec would allow Patch to be only idempotent.
      • ibotty 14y ago
        that would be nice, indeed, but seems impossible now.