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August 12th, 2008, 09:04 AM
#1
[RESOLVED] Sending Data
Hi, I am very ( I mean very ) new to J2EE and web development. I have been working with J2SE for years now and I understand Java very well.
That being said, I have recently taken over a project that was being worked on by a co-worker who recently left the company. The project is running on Tomcat 5.5 and using Java 1.5 with AJAX, Hibernate, Struts and Tiles.
What I am trying to fix is a section of code where there is a page with a box for comments that the user of the web site can place whatever they want into. Sometimes they would like to place a + or % symbol in the comment box.
However, when they do so the symbols are not showing up on the other side. The reason is, they are using a POST command like a GET command and placing everything in the URL (yes all of the comment data is a key / value pair at the end of the URL).
Now, I am no web guru, but I do know that besides having character issues (reserved chars), there is that little limitation of 1024 characters...
Here is the code:
Code:
function getDataDiv(urlString )
{
createRequest();
var url = doublecheckHost() + urlString +"&rand=" + (Math.random() * 5);
request.onreadystatechange = setDataDiv;
request.open("POST", url, true);
request.send(null);
}
I have tried to place a key/value pair in the request.send("key=value") field to no avail. When I go into the execute method on the other end and try to retrieve the value based off of the key I get null.
Can somebody recommend a fix for this, or something I can read that would give me a clue? I have been pouring over AJAX web pages and have found lots of suggestions, but none have worked thus far.
Thank you,
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August 12th, 2008, 09:21 AM
#2
Re: Sending Data
If I am understanding your problem correctly, you can't get certain symbols (+, %, etc.) to send properly. To fix this, you must encodeURI to encode those symbols into their url equivalents.
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August 12th, 2008, 09:34 AM
#3
Re: Sending Data
Thank you for the prompt response. I am using the encodeURL before I make my call to getDataDiv. There are two problems with this:
1.) It works for all symbols except for the + symbol, which it considers a space. It does not place the + with %2b it thinks it is a space. Therefore, on the other end it shows up at a space and not a + symbol.
2.) The user can only enter comments in that are less than 1024 characters.
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August 12th, 2008, 09:50 AM
#4
Re: Sending Data
PeejAvery you're great!! encodeURI wasn't the fix, but the link you provided was lol. The encodeURIComponent was exactly what I needed.
Thank you.
Well, that solves one problem... Now they can add the + into their comments. However, what would you recommend I do about the 1024 limit imposed in using the URI to pass data?
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August 12th, 2008, 09:57 AM
#5
Re: Sending Data
Sorry. I should have been more clear in my explanation.
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September 21st, 2008, 11:22 PM
#6
Re: [RESOLVED] Sending Data
I think that maybe the problem is caused by createRequest();
Ajax needs the xmlhttprequest , So I think you should check this function.
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