Hi All,
Is it possible to post multipart requests to waa server? I want to send some 
form data and a txt file attached.
I created a multipart request and tried to post it to a php file and then to 
wa1gate. With php it worked, I could see php $_POST variables, but with 
waagate the request hung the application for some time and I had to exit 
from the debugger.
I tried to wrap a file into GET request to waa1gate, but noticed CR 
characters in the request resulted to the same issues.
Does anybody have some experience how to send a txt file to waa server?

Thanks,
Vladimir

Vladimir,

> Is it possible to post multipart requests to waa server? I want to send some 
> form data and a txt file attached.
> I created a multipart request and tried to post it to a php file and then to 
> wa1gate. With php it worked, I could see php $_POST variables, but with 
> waagate the request hung the application for some time and I had to exit 
> from the debugger.
> I tried to wrap a file into GET request to waa1gate, but noticed CR 
> characters in the request resulted to the same issues.
> Does anybody have some experience how to send a txt file to waa server?

You can't send file uploads to WAA.  There are two reasons for this:

1.  The WAA engine cannot handle file uploads
2.  There is a bug in waa1gate.exe which truncates the input-data buffer on
file data.

Actually, point (1) above could easily be fixed, and point (2) is even
easier if you have the professional subscription and therefore the source
to waa1gate.exe.  I explained the bug in waa1gate to Till in November last
year, so Alaska are aware of it, but it has not been a priority for them to
fix.

Regards,

Phil Ide

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A bird in the hand makes it hard to blow your nose.

Thanks, Phil,
I think we have professional subscription, but unfortunately it is not my 
priority to fix any Alaska's stuff.
Could you pls give me details of the bug in waa1gate, we are extensively 
using GET requests with xml messages.

Thanks in advance,

Vladimir


"Phil Ide" <phil@xodc.org.uk> wrote in message 
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> Vladimir,
>
>> Is it possible to post multipart requests to waa server? I want to send 
>> some
>> form data and a txt file attached.
>> I created a multipart request and tried to post it to a php file and then 
>> to
>> wa1gate. With php it worked, I could see php $_POST variables, but with
>> waagate the request hung the application for some time and I had to exit
>> from the debugger.
>> I tried to wrap a file into GET request to waa1gate, but noticed CR
>> characters in the request resulted to the same issues.
>> Does anybody have some experience how to send a txt file to waa server?
>
> You can't send file uploads to WAA.  There are two reasons for this:
>
> 1.  The WAA engine cannot handle file uploads
> 2.  There is a bug in waa1gate.exe which truncates the input-data buffer 
> on
> file data.
>
> Actually, point (1) above could easily be fixed, and point (2) is even
> easier if you have the professional subscription and therefore the source
> to waa1gate.exe.  I explained the bug in waa1gate to Till in November last
> year, so Alaska are aware of it, but it has not been a priority for them 
> to
> fix.
>
> Regards,
> -- 
> Phil Ide
>
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>
> A bird in the hand makes it hard to blow your nose.

Vladimir,

> I think we have professional subscription, but unfortunately it is not my 
> priority to fix any Alaska's stuff.
> Could you pls give me details of the bug in waa1gate, we are extensively 
> using GET requests with xml messages.

If you are using waa1gate.exe, I can send you both the source with the fix
and a precompiled executable, but this won't fix the problem that WAA
doesn't know how to handle file data.

Regards,

Phil Ide

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Windows Error: 002 - Program executed without crash!

Phil,
Some time ago I sent you an email.... Could you send me the source?
Thanks,
Vladimir

"Phil Ide" <phil@xodc.org.uk> wrote in message 
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> Vladimir,
>
>> I think we have professional subscription, but unfortunately it is not my
>> priority to fix any Alaska's stuff.
>> Could you pls give me details of the bug in waa1gate, we are extensively
>> using GET requests with xml messages.
>
> If you are using waa1gate.exe, I can send you both the source with the fix
> and a precompiled executable, but this won't fix the problem that WAA
> doesn't know how to handle file data.
>
> Regards,
> -- 
> Phil Ide
>
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> Windows Error: 002 - Program executed without crash!

Vladimir,

> Some time ago I sent you an email.... Could you send me the source?

Aaaargghhh!

Sorry, I got side-tracked.  Check your mailbox.

Regards,

Phil Ide

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For all you do, this SCUD's for you.