Abstract: Techniques for forming a rule to respond dynamically to requests for one or more resources on a network include providing, to a resource administrator, an interface for specifying the rule. The interface includes a first presentation area that displays data defining request information items associated with a request for the resource. The interface also includes a second presentation area that displays data defining access information items used to cause a server to respond to the request. The interface also includes a first input area for receiving commands from the resource administrator for deriving a value for at least one of the access information items. Code, which can be executed to apply the rule specified in the interface, is automatically generated. The code is automatically retrieved and executed when a request is received with a particular value for at least one particular request information item.

Abstract: Techniques for responding to a request for a resource on a network include receiving at a server the request from a client process for the resource. The server transmits a set of request information items associated with the request. In response to this transmission, a database server receives at least a subset of the set of request information items. Within the database server, at least one particular request information item of the subset is used as a key to identify a routine. The routine is executed to generate a set of access information items. The server responds to the request based on the set of access information items. Using these techniques, the server responds to the request differently without taking the server offline, by changing the routine indicated within the database server.