I recalled a similar problem sometimes ago. But it is repeatable. One of the form fields went to empty, if other fields contain unicode or double bytes. It might link to escaped characters or unicode in the query string. The form handles uploading using Apache:Request.
Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Heading" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Corey Durward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:38 AM Subject: Re: POST problems > On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 08:22:11AM +0930, Corey Durward wrote: > > Having a curious problem with the POST command with all CGI scripts on a > > particular server (Apache/1.3.14 (Unix) (Red-Hat/Linux) DAV/1.0.2 PHP/4.0.6 > > mod_perl/1.24). Basically, it doesn't work. Form inputs are treated as > > though the inputs were blank. > > I hit exactly this problem, maybe about six months ago. > > > Everything was working fine up until a few weeks ago. The server admin > > claims nothing has been modified in that time (I'm skeptical) and is > > clueless as to the cause. > > In my case, I found it could be triggered by some mod_perl scripts; > running those left each Apache in a confused state where it lost all > cgi POST params. I was vaguely interested to hunt it down, enough > to collect lots of system call traces and so on, but then pressure of > time led me just to try upgrading everything - to mod_perl 1.26 on > perl 5.6.1 and apache 1.26 or whatever. And the problem went away. > > Anthony > > > This communication is for informational purposes only. It is not intended as > an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument > or as an official confirmation of any transaction. All market prices, data > and other information are not warranted as to completeness or accuracy and > are subject to change without notice. Any comments or statements made herein > do not necessarily reflect those of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., its > subsidiaries and affiliates. > >
