Re: [OT] Form POSTing with LONG variable
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = On 11 Apr 2007, at 15:11, Dan Strong wrote:Yup, If I reduce the variable, it works fine.It also works on non-SSL pages on my server.But it works in it's original form on third party SSL servers - I  just pointed the action to various SSL pages to test :-)So it's looking like it is a local issue, but as I have no control  over the incoming variable - and I HAVE to get it to work - I'm stuck!This method is also in use by many thousands of sites, so I'm pretty  sure the system should be working well.(It's part of the Verified by Visa 3D Secure system)I'm also not doing ANY post processing to the variable yet, I'm just  letting it arrive. So that's another potential issue avoided.As far as I know, there's no limit to POSTed variables, so I see no  reason why it wouldn't work.Mark.> Have you tested the page without that long var coming in to see  > what happened? Have you tested it unsecure with/without the long  > var? I imagine you have, but these are the first things I would do  > to isolate the issue. At first I was thinking that you could  > 'catch' the var with a [listwords word=[paRes]&delimiter=/][text] > chunk[index]=[word][/text][/listwords] and break up the var into  > smaller chunks then put it back together later, but that doesn't  > solve the fact that it's just plain huge coming in... interesting.  > If I think of anything, I'll post.> -Dan>>> On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:58:48 +0100>  Mark Derrick 
 wrote:>> OK, this is a long shot - and I apologise in advance for the  >> length  of the code example - but I've been pulling my hair out  >> for weeks now  trying to figure out why my server is taking so  >> long to answer this  request and display the page. I'm assuming  >> it's connected to the  sheer length of the "PaRes" variable, but  >> unfortunately I have no  control over its length.>> I've tried using different locations as the action location, and  >> they  all work fine - the only one that doesn't work is the SSL  >> URL on my  server!  :-(>> I'm running WebSTAR 5.4 under OSX 10.3.9>> This is running SSL through an Extended Validation SSL certificate.>> As this is coming in from a 3rd party, I also have no control  >> over  the format of the form.>> I've looked at all my access/error logs and see nothing to  >> indicate a  problem apart from the long delay before the page is  >> served.>> It's really stumped me.>> Any ideas anyone?>> Thanks.>> Mark.>> >> 3D Secure Test>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------->> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to>>  the mailing list .>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > digest@talk.smithmicro.com>>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to>  the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to  digest@talk.smithmicro.com>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to  the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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On 11 Apr 2007, at 15:11, Dan Strong wrote:Yup, If I reduce the variable, it works fine.It also works on non-SSL pages on my server.But it works in it's original form on third party SSL servers - I  just pointed the action to various SSL pages to test :-)So it's looking like it is a local issue, but as I have no control  over the incoming variable - and I HAVE to get it to work - I'm stuck!This method is also in use by many thousands of sites, so I'm pretty  sure the system should be working well.(It's part of the Verified by Visa 3D Secure system)I'm also not doing ANY post processing to the variable yet, I'm just  letting it arrive. So that's another potential issue avoided.As far as I know, there's no limit to POSTed variables, so I see no  reason why it wouldn't work.Mark.> Have you tested the page without that long var coming in to see  > what happened? Have you tested it unsecure with/without the long  > var? I imagine you have, but these are the first things I would do  > to isolate the issue. At first I was thinking that you could  > 'catch' the var with a [listwords word=[paRes]&delimiter=/][text] > chunk[index]=[word][/text][/listwords] and break up the var into  > smaller chunks then put it back together later, but that doesn't  > solve the fact that it's just plain huge coming in... interesting.  > If I think of anything, I'll post.> -Dan>>> On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:58:48 +0100>  Mark Derrick  wrote:>> OK, this is a long shot - and I apologise in advance for the  >> length  of the code example - but I've been pulling my hair out  >> for weeks now  trying to figure out why my server is taking so  >> long to answer this  request and display the page. I'm assuming  >> it's connected to the  sheer length of the "PaRes" variable, but  >> unfortunately I have no  control over its length.>> I've tried using different locations as the action location, and  >> they  all work fine - the only one that doesn't work is the SSL  >> URL on my  server!  :-(>> I'm running WebSTAR 5.4 under OSX 10.3.9>> This is running SSL through an Extended Validation SSL certificate.>> As this is coming in from a 3rd party, I also have no control  >> over  the format of the form.>> I've looked at all my access/error logs and see nothing to  >> indicate a  problem apart from the long delay before the page is  >> served.>> It's really stumped me.>> Any ideas anyone?>> Thanks.>> Mark.>> >> 3D Secure Test>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------->> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to>>  the mailing list .>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > digest@talk.smithmicro.com>>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to>  the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to  digest@talk.smithmicro.com>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to  the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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