Re: A very unusual HTTP 500 Null Error
I was also receiving the very cryptic 500 NULL error; in circumstances very similar to the above. I ended up tracking this down to java.lang.String.URLDecode(), which throws a java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if a '%' character is not followed by a valid 2-digit hexadecimal number. So, for instance, if you're passing urlEncoded value of %F1 you're fine, but if you pass %G1 you get the 500 NULL error. What was happening on our end, was that there was a page using the JavaScript method escape(). The escape method fails to handle non-ASCII characters correctly. So if you're passing Unicode, or other fun characters via a form POST, you'll end up with weird strings like %G1. The fix was to use an alternative encoding method encodeURI(). HTH T Lux wrote: For what its worth, an application of mine just started receiving this same error. I just tracked down the customer machine that is causing the error and I'm asking the client to get ahold of that customer in an effort to figure out what all is going on. From the headers it seems that its IE 6. The only oddity I see in the useragent string is that the customer has InfoPath installed, which seems to be a MS product for dealing with forms in your browser (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/infopath/FX100487661033.aspx). I suppose that could be a source of malformed requests. Beyond that, the request that we are dealing with is a timed XmlHTTPRequest Post of an xml string. Doesn't seem to cause problems anywhere else, just this one browser. Oh and for posterities sake, when looking at Ethereal, the cause of the 500 Error seems to be TCP Checksum Incorrect errors. So that makes me start thinking network issues between the client and then server. Thats all I have to go on so far. Hope this helps someone out. Judah ~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:280191 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: A very unusual HTTP 500 Null Error
No, the error happens before any code is run. Tracking down the issue with IEHTTPHeaders as well as Etheral running on the server itself, it seems that for some reason CF was not receiving the packets either in the right order or malformed or ... most likely something in the network config that is screwing it up, but Firefox never seemed to give us the problem. Maybe Firefox resends malformed packets and IE doesnt? Not really sure. But this is definitely not a coding issue -- it is happening at the browser/network layer. *shrug* On Tuesday 24 Apr 2007, T Lux wrote: Can you intercept the request somehow and write the FORM, CGI and URL scopes to a file ? -- Tom Chiverton Helping to collaboratively enhance back-end solutions on: http://thefalken.livejournal.com ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:276301 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: A very unusual HTTP 500 Null Error
T Lux wrote: No, the error happens before any code is run. Tracking down the issue with IEHTTPHeaders as well as Etheral running on the server itself, it seems that for some reason CF was not receiving the packets either in the right order or malformed or ... most likely something in the network config that is screwing it up, but Firefox never seemed to give us the problem. Maybe Firefox resends malformed packets and IE doesnt? Not really sure. But this is definitely not a coding issue -- it is happening at the browser/network layer. *shrug* For what its worth, an application of mine just started receiving this same error. I just tracked down the customer machine that is causing the error and I'm asking the client to get ahold of that customer in an effort to figure out what all is going on. From the headers it seems that its IE 6. The only oddity I see in the useragent string is that the customer has InfoPath installed, which seems to be a MS product for dealing with forms in your browser (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/infopath/FX100487661033.aspx). I suppose that could be a source of malformed requests. Beyond that, the request that we are dealing with is a timed XmlHTTPRequest Post of an xml string. Doesn't seem to cause problems anywhere else, just this one browser. Oh and for posterities sake, when looking at Ethereal, the cause of the 500 Error seems to be TCP Checksum Incorrect errors. So that makes me start thinking network issues between the client and then server. Thats all I have to go on so far. Hope this helps someone out. Judah ~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:276366 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: A very unusual HTTP 500 Null Error
On Tuesday 24 Apr 2007, T Lux wrote: Did you ever find a solution/fix? We are running into the same thing... same version of CF. The form that is posting is relatively small -- but there is a textarea that we think is the problem. Can you intercept the request somehow and write the FORM, CGI and URL scopes to a file ? -- Tom Chiverton Helping to collaboratively enhance back-end solutions on: http://thefalken.livejournal.com This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at St James's Court Brown Street Manchester M2 2JF. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office. Any reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP. Regulated by the Law Society. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 8008. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com. ~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:276190 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: A very unusual HTTP 500 Null Error
Did you ever find a solution/fix? We are running into the same thing... same version of CF. The form that is posting is relatively small -- but there is a textarea that we think is the problem. There really isnt a lot of data in the textarea -- maybe 400 characters. I get a 500 Null error and this is written in coldfusion-err.log: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException at coldfusion.filter.FormScope.parseQueryString(FormScope.java:283) at coldfusion.filter.FormScope.parsePostData(FormScope.java:255) at coldfusion.filter.FormScope.fillForm(FormScope.java:206) at coldfusion.filter.FusionContext.SymTab_initForRequest(FusionContext.java:384) at coldfusion.filter.GlobalsFilter.invoke(GlobalsFilter.java:33) at coldfusion.filter.DatasourceFilter.invoke(DatasourceFilter.java:22) at coldfusion.filter.RequestThrottleFilter.invoke(RequestThrottleFilter.java:115) at coldfusion.CfmServlet.service(CfmServlet.java:107) at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapServlet.service(BootstrapServlet.java:78) at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.doFilter(FilterChain.java:86) at com.intergral.fusionreactor.filter.FusionReactorFilter.A(Unknown Source) at com.intergral.fusionreactor.filter.FusionReactorFilter.A(Unknown Source) at com.intergral.fusionreactor.filter.FusionReactorFilter.doFilter(Unknown Source) at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.doFilter(FilterChain.java:94) at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.service(FilterChain.java:101) at jrun.servlet.ServletInvoker.invoke(ServletInvoker.java:91) at jrun.servlet.JRunInvokerChain.invokeNext(JRunInvokerChain.java:42) at jrun.servlet.JRunRequestDispatcher.invoke(JRunRequestDispatcher.java:257) at jrun.servlet.ServletEngineService.dispatch(ServletEngineService.java:541) at jrun.servlet.jrpp.JRunProxyService.invokeRunnable(JRunProxyService.java:204) at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$DownstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:318) at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$ThreadThrottle.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:426) at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$UpstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:264) at jrunx.scheduler.WorkerThread.run(WorkerThread.java:66) Any ideas? Tim ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 MX7 integration create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:276171 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: A very unusual HTTP 500 Null Error
Did you ever find a solution/fix? We are running into the same thing... same version of CF. The form that is posting is relatively small -- but there is a textarea that we think is the problem. There really isnt a lot of data in the textarea -- maybe 400 characters. I get a 500 Null error and this is written in coldfusion-err.log: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException at coldfusion.filter.FormScope.parseQueryString(FormScope.java:283) at coldfusion.filter.FormScope.parsePostData(FormScope.java:255) at coldfusion.filter.FormScope.fillForm(FormScope.java:206) at coldfusion.filter.FusionContext.SymTab_initForRequest(FusionContext.java:384) at coldfusion.filter.GlobalsFilter.invoke(GlobalsFilter.java:33) at coldfusion.filter.DatasourceFilter.invoke(DatasourceFilter.java:22) at coldfusion.filter.RequestThrottleFilter.invoke(RequestThrottleFilter.java:115) at coldfusion.CfmServlet.service(CfmServlet.java:107) at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapServlet.service(BootstrapServlet.java:78) at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.doFilter(FilterChain.java:86) at com.intergral.fusionreactor.filter.FusionReactorFilter.A(Unknown Source) at com.intergral.fusionreactor.filter.FusionReactorFilter.A(Unknown Source) at com.intergral.fusionreactor.filter.FusionReactorFilter.doFilter(Unknown Source) at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.doFilter(FilterChain.java:94) at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.service(FilterChain.java:101) at jrun.servlet.ServletInvoker.invoke(ServletInvoker.java:91) at jrun.servlet.JRunInvokerChain.invokeNext(JRunInvokerChain.java:42) at jrun.servlet.JRunRequestDispatcher.invoke(JRunRequestDispatcher.java:257) at jrun.servlet.ServletEngineService.dispatch(ServletEngineService.java:541) at jrun.servlet.jrpp.JRunProxyService.invokeRunnable(JRunProxyService.java:204) at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$DownstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:318) at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$ThreadThrottle.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:426) at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$UpstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:264) at jrunx.scheduler.WorkerThread.run(WorkerThread.java:66) Any ideas? Tim ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:276172 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: A very unusual HTTP 500 Null Error
I cannot seem to be able to duplicate your problem here. CFMX 7.02 Windows 2000 Adv Srv Apache Doug - Original Message - From: Randy Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk cf-talk@houseoffusion.com Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 3:10 PM Subject: A very unusual HTTP 500 Null Error Hi! We're working through a very interesting (painful) ColdFusion error on version 7,0,2,142559. It results in an HTTP 500 Null error, but not every time. Just maybe 4 times out of 10 or something like that. We looked at the runtime\logs and the JRE log has an interesting error ... warning Error while parsing POST data and then further on ... java.lang.IllegalArgumentException. This is all very well and good. The thing is we cannot recreate the problem under older versions of CFMX like 7,0 and 7,0,1 and it works fine also under 6. Just 7,0,2 has the problem. If anybody has any thoughts on hints / tips whatever we could do to solve this I'm open to ideas. I've pasted the code we're using to test this below if you want to try to duplicate the problem in your environment. Just try calling this thing repetitively, say 20 times or so and you'll get errors fairly regular, once every one or two hits. There seems to be some form size limitation in the latest release of CFMX that is causing this error. Save this file below as ... BigForm.htm HTML HEAD TITLEBig Form/TITLE /HEAD FORM NAME=myForm ACTION=BigFormTarget.cfm METHOD=POST TABLE TR TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt1 VALUE=123456789012345678901234567890123456789001234567890012345678900123456 78900123456789001234567890 TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt2 VALUE=123456789012345678901234567890123456789001234567890012345678900123456 78900123456789001234567890 TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt3 VALUE=123456789012345678901234567890123456789001234567890012345678900123456 78900123456789001234567890 TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt4 VALUE=123456789012345678901234567890123456789001234567890012345678900123456 78900123456789001234567890 TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt5 VALUE=123456789012345678901234567890123456789001234567890012345678900123456 78900123456789001234567890 TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt6 VALUE=123456789012345678901234567890123456789001234567890012345678900123456 78900123456789001234567890 TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt7 VALUE=123456789012345678901234567890123456789001234567890012345678900123456 78900123456789001234567890 TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt8 VALUE=123456789012345678901234567890123456789001234567890012345678900123456 78900123456789001234567890 TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt9 VALUE=123456789012345678901234567890123456789001234567890012345678900123456 78900123456789001234567890 TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt10 VALUE=123456789012345678901234567890123456789001234567890012345678900123456 78900123456789001234567890 TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt11 VALUE=123456789012345678901234567890123456789001234567890012345678900123456 78900123456789001234567890 TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt12 VALUE=123456789012345678901234567890123456789001234567890012345678900123456 78900123456789001234567890 TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt13 VALUE=123456789012345678901234567890123456789001234567890012345678900123456 78900123456789001234567890 TR TD TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt2_1 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt2_2 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt2_3 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt2_4 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt2_5 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt2_6 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt2_7 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt2_8 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt2_9 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt2_10 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt2_11 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt2_12 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt2_13 VALUE= TR TD TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt3_1 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt3_2 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt3_3 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt3_4 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt3_5 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt3_6 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt3_7 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt3_8 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt3_9 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt3_10 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt3_11 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt3_12 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt3_13 VALUE= TR TD TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt4_1 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt4_2 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt4_3 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt4_4 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt4_5 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt4_6 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt4_7 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt4_8 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt4_9 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt4_10 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt4_11 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt4_12 VALUE= TDINPUT TYPE=text NAME=txt4_13 VALUE=
Re: A very unusual HTTP 500 Null Error
There seems to be some form size limitation in the latest release of CFMX that is causing this error. I suppose you've played around with the Maximum size of post data setting in CF admin to no avail? Although I think it defaults to 100MB, you'd have to have some HUGE posts to cross that threshhold. Maybe it's just not expecting unbroken strings such as the ones you posted. What is your implementation that requires such long strings in input fields? -- Josh ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:264532 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: A very unusual HTTP 500 Null Error
IIS6 also has a max size of form posts as well. -Original Message- From: Josh Nathanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 December 2006 00:00 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: A very unusual HTTP 500 Null Error There seems to be some form size limitation in the latest release of CFMX that is causing this error. I suppose you've played around with the Maximum size of post data setting in CF admin to no avail? Although I think it defaults to 100MB, you'd have to have some HUGE posts to cross that threshhold. Maybe it's just not expecting unbroken strings such as the ones you posted. What is your implementation that requires such long strings in input fields? -- Josh ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:264536 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
