On 10 Sep 2008, at 07:02, comopasta Gr wrote:
> > Hi, I have a server/client related question. > > I'm using a mobile client to update some records on the app using xml. > Now, when using the browser interface we can use forms and the content > is: Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded, the server side > decodes that automatically. > > With the client side I use Content-Type= [text/xml]. However I was > just > sending the xml data without escaping characters like &. The result > was > that cgi was failing. > > To correct that problem I use > EscapeUtils::EscapeEncodeL(*body,EscapeUtils::EEscapeUrlEncoded); That > is Symbian and escapes the reserved characters in a URL > ;/?:@&=+$[]!\'()~. It is applied to the entire xml > > Then from the server side I do: > string = CGI::unescape(params[:message][:subject]) > > My questions are is: > > 1- Is this the right approach?. No. You should be encoding xml entities as the standard says you should (ie & becomes & < becomes < and > becomes > and so on) Fred > > 2- Is there a way to do the same without having to decode "manually" > at > server side? > > Thanks > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
