Isn't this just related to the proxy ob that CF creates for web
services? If you go to the cf admin, Web Services, and delete the
proxy, it should work fine again. I believe an ytime you change the
type, or order, or number of args for a WS you need to do that.
On 4/29/05, Ben Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've hit what looks a lot like a bug in cffunction/cfargument when invoked as
> a web service. I haven't tested this code in a non-webservice environment.
>
> In short, I can produce a "Web service operation "[function name]" with
> parameters {[arguments]} could not be found" error by varying the order in
> which my arguments appear when an argument of type="numeric" is included.
>
> here is my invoke call:
>
> <cfinvoke
> webservice="webserviceURL"
> method="argumenttest"
> numericarg = 10
> numeric2arg = 11
> string2arg = "hello"
> stringarg = "hi"
> returnvariable="successp">
> </cfinvoke>
>
> And here is the cffunction, invoked as the above webservice:
>
> <cffunction name="argumenttest" access="remote" returntype="boolean"
> output="no">
> <cfargument name="numericarg" type="numeric" required="yes">
> <cfargument name="numeric2arg" type="numeric" required="yes">
> <cfargument name="stringarg" type="string" required="yes">
> <cfargument name="string2arg" type="string" required="yes">
>
> <cfreturn true>
> </cffunction>
>
> I can change the order of the arguments in the <cfinvoke> call until I'm blue
> in the face, and everything works fine.
>
> However, if I change the order of the arguments in the <cffunction> call, I
> can get the error message I indicated above. Yes, I am refreshing the web
> service after each change.
>
> This breaks:
>
> <cffunction name="argumenttest" access="remote" returntype="boolean"
> output="no">
> <cfargument name="numericarg" type="numeric" required="yes">
> <cfargument name="stringarg" type="string" required="yes">
> <cfargument name="string2arg" type="string" required="yes">
> <cfargument name="numeric2arg" type="numeric" required="yes">
> <cfreturn true>
> </cffunction>
>
> This breaks:
>
> <cffunction name="argumenttest" access="remote" returntype="boolean"
> output="no">
> <cfargument name="stringarg" type="string" required="yes">
> <cfargument name="string2arg" type="string" required="yes">
> <cfargument name="numeric2arg" type="numeric" required="yes">
> <cfargument name="numericarg" type="numeric" required="yes">
> <cfreturn true>
> </cffunction>
>
> This breaks:
>
> <cffunction name="argumenttest" access="remote" returntype="boolean"
> output="no">
> <cfargument name="numeric2arg" type="numeric" required="yes">
> <cfargument name="stringarg" type="string" required="yes">
> <cfargument name="numericarg" type="numeric" required="yes">
> <cfargument name="string2arg" type="string" required="yes">
> <cfreturn true>
> </cffunction>
>
> So, in short, as long as the numeric arguments are listed *first* everything
> works. As soon as they aren't, the web service "can't be found".
>
> Other interesting notes:
>
> 1. If there is only 1 numeric argument, my experience is even stranger.
> Just now, I wasn't able to get the web service to function properly at all.
> Yet, I have another web service that does have a single numeric incident
> which does work. In that case, the argument is listed last.
>
> 2. I can have any number of arguments if they are of type "string"
>
> 3. It doesn't seem to matter if I pass the arguments in as I have shown
> above, or with the argumentcollection parameter, or with the
> <cfinvokeargument> tag.
>
> 4. If I add in a type="boolean" argument, then the following appears to be
> true:
>
> a) I can have 1 numeric argument
> b) the numeric argument can be listed first
> c) the numeric argument can be listed second *as long as* the boolean
> argument is listed first
> d) any other argument ordering will produce the above error
>
> So, I see four possibilities:
>
> 1. I've lost my mind
> 2. This is a genuine bug
> 3. The refresh feature of the CF Administrator doesn't work under some
> circumstances
> 4. Arguments must be listed in a particular order that I just don't know
> about.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ben Mueller
> Sr. Software Engineer
> Cognitive Arts
>
>
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