Hmm, I'm not sure we realized that you can do truly nested objects in a form post, I thought it was only name-value with no nested allowed. So the encoder that we have is going to prevent that from working. What you can do is create a strongly typed object for your category. Then define toString() to return what you think the POST data should look like.
See how that goes. If it works then file a bug against Flex 2 saying that this is how the behavior should work (and please include the HTML that would simulate a correct request). Matt -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Wales Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 1:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Using HTTPService to POST complex data I've tried using child tags in the same namespace, I've also tried creating objects in Actioncript and then embedding them such as: In MXML: <request>{myRequestObject}</request> In Actionscript: new myRequestObject:Object = new Object; new embeddedObject:Object = new Object; embeddedObject.name = "test" myRequestObject.commit = "Create"; myRequestObject.category = embeddedObject; The "commit"=>"Create" works fine but "category" points to some variation of "{object}" - never quite what I am trying to attain. I've used generic objects as well as arrays - all to no avail. I can give an enumeration of the variations and permutations on my results in my next email - but it seems there is probably some obvious "right way" to do this that I'm just missing somehow. -Mark -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Farland Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 3:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Using HTTPService to POST complex data Have you tried moving your custom values as the child tags of <mx:request> to the same namespace by prefixing them with mx: ? Alternatively, have you assigned an id to your HTTPService and then used script to set the request property to an anonymous Object that contains the properties that you want to POST? What do you have set for the contentType? The default should be "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" which is what you'd want for a form submission. Pete -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of stuff Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 9:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Using HTTPService to POST complex data I am trying to emulate an HTML form submission with HTTPService and I seem to be missing something on the construction of the associated request. From the server log of a successful POST I have the following: [POST] Parameters: {"commit"=>"Create", "category"=>{"name"=>"Test"}, ...} At present, my request looks like this: <mx:request> <category><name>Test</name></category> <commit>Create</commit> </mx:request> ...But that generates a runtime error. I have tried multiple constructs (Arrays, ActionScript, etc.) but I've not been able to hit on the right solution. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, -Mark -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
