SUNet Surflets using POST method and Internet Explorer

Hello Emilio,

On 12/24/06, Emilio Lopes <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I'm having a hard time using web forms with the POST method in
> conjunction with Microsoft's Explorer (Version 6, XP SP2).
>
>
> Getting the bindings off of the form definitely works, I can print the
> input to the terminal after `send-html/suspend' returns.  It's the
> sending of the second page that fails somehow.
>
> The equivalent servlet works fine using PLT's web server, but I find
> PLT Scheme painful for interactive development and their servlet
> library is not so programmer friendly as SUNet's.
>
> Can anyone provide any insight on this problem?  I don't know where to
> start looking for a solution or workaround.
>
>
>
We had  problems getting IE work with our SUnet FTP server, too. I don't
have IE available currently, but I can look into the problem next week. I
suspect the problem lies with the closing/not closing of the POST data
channel. What you can try is to close
/ not close the POST data channel after receiving data (depending on how it
is curerntly done in SURflets). IIRC, IE is very sensitive to what the
webserver does or does not.
Furthermore, you may want to use a packet sniffer to check which data IE
sends and receives and how this data differs from what Firefox sends and
receives.

I am sorry I can't help you more at the moment. I'll look into it next week.
Let me know, if
you have interesting results or more questions.

Cheers,

Andreas.