Orbeon Forms community mailing list

HTTP POST or GET behavior

Classic

List

Threaded

2 messages Options

Paedagogus

HTTP POST or GET behavior

I'm testing (playing with) the latest nightly build, and the new form builder. What follows, is the result of an XForms submission similar to:

<xforms:submission
id="my-submission"
resource="http://localhost:8888/my-war/echo"
method="get" [... and all the other attributes] />

When doing an HTTP POST or GET using this data:

<x><y>y</y><z>z</z></x>

I end up with this result:

parameter name='y' and a value of 'y;z=z' (note the semicolon)

instead of:

parameter name of 'y' and a value of 'y'
parameter name of 'z' and a value of 'z'

Since 'z' is a second element, I expected the query string to be '?y=y&z=z', not '?y=y;z=z'. When you write a servlet to receive the data, it throws off all the getParameterXXX() methods. Am I missing something, or is this a bug?

Erik Bruchez

Re: HTTP POST or GET behavior

Administrator

It is not that the parameter value is "y;z=z", it's just that the
parameter separator is ";" instead of "&".

You can specify separator="&" on xforms:submission to override
this. But are you saying you are seeing this in code produced by Form
Builder?

-Erik

On Jun 11, 2008, at 9:09 AM, Paedagogus wrote:

>
> I'm testing (playing with) the latest nightly build, and the new form
> builder. What follows, is the result of an XForms submission similar
> to:
>
> <xforms:submission
> id="my-submission"
> resource="http://localhost:8888/my-war/echo"
> method="get" [... and all the other attributes] />
>
> When doing an HTTP POST or GET using this data:
>
> <x><y>y</y><z>z</z></x>
>
> I end up with this result:
>
> parameter name='y' and a value of 'y;z=z' (note the semicolon)
>
> instead of:
>
> parameter name of 'y' and a value of 'y'
> parameter name of 'z' and a value of 'z'
>
> Since 'z' is a second element, I expected the query string to be '?
> y=y&z=z',
> not '?y=y;z=z'. When you write a servlet to receive the data, it
> throws off
> all the getParameterXXX() methods. Am I missing something, or is
> this a bug?
>
>
>
> --
> View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/HTTP-POST-or-GET-behavior-tp17771386p17771386.html
> Sent from the ObjectWeb OPS - Users mailing list archive at
> Nabble.com.
>
>
> --
> You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email]
> mailing list.
> To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email]
> For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help
> OW2 mailing lists service home page: http://www.ow2.org/wws

--
Orbeon Forms - Web Forms for the Enterprise Done the Right Way
http://www.orbeon.com/

--
You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email] mailing list.
To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email]
For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help
OW2 mailing lists service home page: http://www.ow2.org/wws