From: Peterson, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I guess I was just givin ya crap because the problem as stated had nothing at all to do with coldfusion. Maybe you should just include the entire problem? ;) Chris ======================================================== I thought about that, and I have a theory that states the likelyhood of getting a reply on the talk list decreases as the length/complexity/details of your question grow. People basically skip over the tough-looking threads in favor of the latest "Best CF Editor" nonsense. :) You asked for it, so here's the readers digest version. I am attempting to build an interface for a lovely little piece of title software called Calyx Point. Our customers fill in data in a little ..exe program (made by Calyx), click a button, and an HTTP post is sent to my server. ASSERTATION: I have absolutely no control over the HTTP post I am expected to process. Here's the problem: The post sent by this program uses a content type of "urlencoded" which based on the RFC is required to url encode any form variables it sends. Well, guess what-- they don't. They send the XML over in plain text. I have brought this to their attention and they told me basically, "Yeah, we don't *really* think it's a bug-- you should just modify your server to parse the post differently" First off, I think that's a pile of crap. Second off, how the heck would I even do that? Visit this page to see the sample HTTP post again and the form scope that is produced: http://bradwood.com/encoding/ The un-encoded ampersands clearly confuse ColdFusion and make it think there are multiple request parameters. If these Calyx clowns are going to insist on sending what I perceive as an illegal request body with a content type of urlencoded, I need some kind of work around to get to the actual request body of my page, since the form scope in ColdFusion uses the underlying Java methods which FOLLOW THE RULES. Basically, if people agreed that I was correct in my thinking of how encoding types should work, then I was going to begin soliciting work-arounds. I'm thinking some way to get at the underlying Java HttpServletRequest object to do my own parsing of the request body. There, ya happy? :) Let me have it. ~Brad ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:307356 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
