Hi We have encountered another problem, this time not with a soap/tomcat server but with a server connection to another soap server written in C++. While using Apache SOAP (both 2.1 and 2.2), I've encountered a problem with having long method names - the SOAP message that gets sent across the network contains nothing following the "SOAPAction" line, i.e. it only contains the HTTP header lines (the way I found out was to get the server to print out every SOAP message that it receives). Below is a simple program that demostrates this problem I'm encountering. Very much appreciated if anyone can point out what I'm doing wrong. import java.net.*; import org.apache.soap.*; import org.apache.soap.rpc.*; class SomeApp { public static void main( String args[] ) throws Exception { Call call = new Call(); call.setTargetObjectURI( "urn:targetObjectURI" ); call.setMethodName( "someReallyReallyLongMethodName" ); /* empty SOAPAction body */ // call.setMethodName( "someMethodName" ); /* this works fine */ Response resp; try { resp = call.invoke( new URL("http://host:8080/SomeService"), "someActionURI" ); } catch( SOAPException e ) { System.err.println( "Caught SOAPException ("+e.getFaultCode()+"): "+e.getMessage() ); return; } if( resp.generatedFault() ) { Fault fault = resp.getFault(); System.out.println( "Ouch, the call failed: " ); System.out.println( " Fault Code = "+fault.getFaultCode() ); System.out.println( " Fault String = "+fault.getFaultString() ); } else { Parameter result = resp.getReturnValue(); System.out.println( "Response Value: "+result.getValue() ); System.out.println( "Response Name : "+result.getName() ); System.out.println( "Response Type : "+result.getType() ); } } } -- Dr Hugo Bouckaert R&D Support Engineer, Fractal Graphics 39 Fairway, Nedlands Western Australia 6009 Tel: +618 9386 7917 Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.fractalgraphics.com.au