RE: Help! multipart/form-data use GET, not POST

When you upload a file, there is special boundaires included in the content 
type.
ie
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; 
boundary=---------------------------29772313742745
Content-Length: 452
-----------------------------29772313742745
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="name"
J.Doe
-----------------------------29772313742745
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="email"
abuse@xxxxxxxxxxx
-----------------------------29772313742745
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file-upload"; filename="test.txt"
Content-Type: text/plain
test data with some high ascii: ¿Como estás?
-----------------------------29772313742745--

Therefore, You don't have access to the parameters with the 
request.getParameter function. 
You need to use POST in this case, it is a prerequisite. It is not in any means 
a malfunction, it is according to the protocol.

Hope it helps and hope I got the question right :)


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-resin-interest@xxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-resin-interest@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bond - James D.
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 10:31 AM
To: resin-interest
Subject: Re: Help! multipart/form-data use GET, not POST



Hmm, I use POST and it works fine for me?  Gice your form a 'name' and see
if that makes a difference?  I'm using Resin 2.1.11 on JDK 1.4.2

> In a routine common HTML form:
>
> <FORM ACTION="/servlet/BlahBlah" ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data">
>
> input data are sent via GET, not POST. That is very incovenient because
> of URL encoding. However, if we explicitly specify the POST method,
>
> <FORM ACTION="/servlet/BlahBlah" METHOD="POST" ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data">
>
> data are not sent from the client and every response.getParameter() is null.
>
> I'd like to hear what do you guess/suspect could be the cause of this
> malfunctioning?
>
> I'm using Resin 2.1.12.
>
> Thanks in advane,
>
> ---------------------
> Hiroshi Iwatani
>
> *stop cruelty* Annual number of institutionally euthanized cats and dogs
> including kittens and puppies: US 5 million, JP 500 thousand. How about your
> country? *for our better karma*
> ---------------------
>

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