> The specs are not relevant here. I have to send this xml packet to that > server and CF4.5 and earlier didn't urlencode it. There is nothing in > the spec that says cfhttpparam has to urlencode data instead of > the programmer using urlEncodedFormat() around the data either. Which > as you may know is how MSXML handles it. It assumes the developers > knows what they are doing. > So if <cfhttp> didn't automatically encode the data then you would send it over uuencoded against the specification? That hardly makes any sense. I don't see how you can blame Macromedia for implementing the specification. If you don't want to send data to spec then you best roll your own solution. Further, I really don't think MSXML is a good example considering how shitty of an implementation it is.
I'm not saying <cfhttp> is a good implementation either as <cfhttp> has to be one of the buggiest tags CF has. However, in this case Macromedia implemented the specification correctly. > That's why this bug when reported during the CF5 betas should > have been a relnote bugfix, and not fixed the way it was so CF can no > longer talk to all the XML API's that expect http posted xml. > It didn't get fixed because it is not a bug. You want a feature it simply doesn't support. > I think the raw xml stuff is great, but I personally have never had to > integrate with an XML provider that wanted XML that way. It's always > been HTTP GET's or POST's. I'd be willing to also bet that a quick > poll of the most popular XML API's (UPS, USPS, Ebay, etc) the vast > majority use HTTP POST or GET. > I beg to differ. Most XML providers expect M-POSTs or PUTs. This is because drafts of specifications like SOAP and HTTP 1.1 all pushed using M-POSTs. Later, PUTs were determined to be better and now all the specifications reflect that. However, there are still some people using M-POSTs. Note, a M-POST is not the same as a POST. Specifically, the encoding rules are different. -Matt ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
