This is a known issue with Flex's HTTPService (and should be fixed in Flex SDK 2.0.1 Hotfix 2). For now, before calling send, convert the content to a String by explicitly calling content.toXMLString(). service.send(content.toXMLString()); Note that XML.toString() and XML.toXMLString() behave differently according to the E4X specification. If there is a single node that has simple content, the simple content will be unwrapped when toString() is used, but not in the case of toXMLString(). Furthermore, if the node's simple content is actually empty, then you'll run into another known issue with the player that if there is no content to POST (i.e. the empty String) then the request is converted to a GET.
________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kaleb_pederson Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 3:42 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Bug: GET/POST determined by XML Contents not method When I send data to a web service, whether or not it sends the request as a GET or a POST is determined by contents of the XML that I happened to be sending. For example, here's the ActionScript I used: import mx.rpc.http.HTTPService; var service:HTTPService = new HTTPService(); service.url = "http://localhost:8080/path/to/dest <http://localhost:8080/path/to/dest> "; service.method = "POST"; service.contentType = HTTPService.CONTENT_TYPE_XML; var content:XML = <test/>; // FAILS - Sent as a GET //var content:XML = <test></test>; // FAILS - Sent as a GET //var content:XML = <test><hasChild/></test>; // WORKS - Sent as a POST service.send( content ); As indicated in the comments above, if I add a dummy child node to my root element, it makes the request a POST. Without it, it sends the request as a GET. This is definitely repeatable on my end. Can anyone else confirm this bug please? Thanks. --Kaleb
