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Support for #set server side include directive, please

           Summary: Support for #set server side include directive, please
           Product: Tomcat 4
           Version: 4.0 Final
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: Other
         Component: Catalina
        AssignedTo: tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org
        ReportedBy: rami.hanninen@davisor.com


Apache server side includes implement a #set directive, but Tomcat server side
include servlet does not. This prevents us from moving our older services to
pure Tomcat -based installations. 

We are also a little confused about the status of #set function. It seems to
work in Apache, and tutorials speak about it:

http://apachetoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-06-26-001-01-NW-LF-SW

However, many other documents do not mention it at all. Likewise, Tomcat SSI
servlet does not support it. We are also not certain if there are any other such
SSI directives that Apache supports but Tomcat SSI servlet does not.