[WebDNA] Fails from http:// but works from file:///

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2009


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texte = This is strange. I have WebDNA running on my development computer and I'm trying to submit a form to the local MLS so I can store the results in a webdna database. Right now I'm just in testing mode and I'm submitting the form manually. When I open the HTML file in Firefox as "file:///path/to/file.html" then click the submit button it works fine: results are returned from the MLS server as expected. But when I open the file as "http://localhost/path/to/file.html" then click the submit button the MLS server seems to detects that something is 'wrong' with the post, and instead of returning the search results it redirects to the MLS home page. What might the MLS server be detecting when the form is submitted via http:// -- and how can I prevent the server from detecting it -- so that I can eventually use WebDNA to submit the form variables by tcpconnect? Is this possibly a situation in which I need to forge (or hide) the 'referer' in order to get the server to respond properly? Or is something else going on here? Sincerely, Kenneth Grome Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] Fails from http:// but works from file:/// (Patrick Junkroski 2009)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] Fails from http:// but works from file:/// (Kenneth Grome 2009)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] Fails from http:// but works from file:/// (Marc Thompson 2009)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] Fails from http:// but works from file:/// (Kenneth Grome 2009)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] Fails from http:// but works from file:/// (Marc Thompson 2009)
  6. Re: [WebDNA] Fails from http:// but works from file:/// (Marc Thompson 2009)
  7. Re: [WebDNA] Fails from http:// but works from file:/// (Patrick Junkroski 2009)
  8. [WebDNA] Fails from http:// but works from file:/// (Kenneth Grome 2009)
This is strange. I have WebDNA running on my development computer and I'm trying to submit a form to the local MLS so I can store the results in a webdna database. Right now I'm just in testing mode and I'm submitting the form manually. When I open the HTML file in Firefox as "file:///path/to/file.html" then click the submit button it works fine: results are returned from the MLS server as expected. But when I open the file as "http://localhost/path/to/file.html" then click the submit button the MLS server seems to detects that something is 'wrong' with the post, and instead of returning the search results it redirects to the MLS home page. What might the MLS server be detecting when the form is submitted via http:// -- and how can I prevent the server from detecting it -- so that I can eventually use WebDNA to submit the form variables by tcpconnect? Is this possibly a situation in which I need to forge (or hide) the 'referer' in order to get the server to respond properly? Or is something else going on here? Sincerely, Kenneth Grome Kenneth Grome

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