Hi, A SOAPAction value of "" means, that the intent of the request is provided by the HTTP request URI. An empty value fpr SOAPAction means that the intent is not specified ... In fact, AXIS ignores the SOAPAction header and instead relies on this approach; the first child of the <Body> element and its namespace. from Axis - Next Generation Java SOAP" by Romin Irani.
I hope this will help. Juergen >In AXIS's generated WSDL files, I always get <wsdlsoap:operation >soapAction="" /> in the bindings. >It causes troubles when I try to use the WSDL file from weblogic portal >4.0 for instance... >Why this ""? Is this a bug? > >regards >--Gaël Pouzerate