Re: CONTENT_LENGTH = 0?

Could be the same issue even if it isn't .NET - use Wireshark to check if
an
HTTP 100-Continue is being transmitted.

Aaron Bartell
www.SoftwareSavesLives.com


On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Mike <koldark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Actually, I as I stated below: "I am not sure what I maybe doing wrong. I
am
using Poster (a Mozilla plugin)(

http://code.google.com/p/poster-extension/

)
to test POST to this program."

I didn't mention to make this more interesting, doing a GET with the same
logic returns a 0 CONTENT_LENGTH and still returns the parameters. A POST
doesn't return the parameters.

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On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx

wrote:

I am going to guess it is .NET invoking the RPG program? If it is then

you

need to get up to date on PTF's. Apache had/has a bug where it doesn't
process "HTTP Continue" interactions correctly which .NET uses

liberally

-

whether necessary or not. How do I know this? Well, let's just say I

have

been on the phone with IBM more than once for over 8hrs at a time while

I

proved it wasn't my software (www.rpg-xml.com) and instead that it was
Apache. They ended up having to wake up the Apache developer in Mexico

and

get them to confirm the bug :-P

A way you could address this without applying PTF's is to specify HTTP
version 1.0 on the interaction, by default version 1.1 is probably

being

used. Of course you would have to figure out how to do that from the

.NET

end of things which can be difficult if you're using their canned

HTTP/SOAP

API's.

Aaron Bartell
www.SoftwareSavesLives.com


On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Mike <koldark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have been using the below listed article [1] to figure out how to

pass

parameters to my RPG-CGI program. I have a problem getting the
CONTENT_LENGTH. It always seems to return 0. We are on V5R4.

[1] http://systeminetwork.com/node/26490

P*--------------------------------------------------
P* Procedure name: CgiParseInz
P* Purpose: http://systeminetwork.com/node/26490
P* Returns:
P*--------------------------------------------------
P CgiParseInz B EXPORT
D CgiParseInz PI 10I 0

D cgiBuffer S 4096A
D reqMethod S 10A
D nContentLen S 10I 0
D nBytesRead S 10I 0
D api_error S 64A Inz(*ALLX'00')
/free

reqMethod = %str(getenv('REQUEST_METHOD'));
nContentLen = %int(%str(getenv('CONTENT_LENGTH')));

if (reqMethod = 'POST' and nContentLen > 0);
//if (reqMethod = 'POST');
cgiParse('-i ':'CGII0100': cgiBuffer: %size(cgiBuffer) :
nBytesRead : api_error);
if (nBytesRead > 0);
putenv(%subst(cgiBuffer:1:nBytesRead)); // Set QRY_STR
putenv('REQUEST_METHOD=GET'); // Override method
endif;

endif;
return nBytesRead;
/end-free
P CgiParseInz E

I am claiming stupid here so I am not sure what I maybe doing wrong.

I

am

using Poster (a Mozilla plugin)(

http://code.google.com/p/poster-extension/

)
to test POST to this program.

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http://mikewills.info
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