"Andy Kendall" <notarealaddress@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> This article states the following in relation to ASP.NET default test
> harness web pages.
>
> "These test pages can be used to invoke your WebMethods, but the test
> harness does this by making HTTP POST requests to the server rather than
> HTTP SOAP requests. SoapExtensions only work with SOAP requests, and thus
> any requests to your Web service made using the default test page will
> result in your extensions not being used."
>
> Is this a typo because I can't seem to find anything out about HTTP SOAP.
> If
> I want my SOAP extensions to alwyas run, do I have to disable HTTP POST
> request?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Andy
>
>

"Gaurav Vaish (www.EduJini.IN)" <gaurav.vaish.nospam@nospam.gmail.com> wrote
in message news:Oy1DO03zGHA.3908@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> HTTP-Post is when the Content-Type of the data-submitted to the server is:
>
> "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
>
> Whereas HTTP-SOAP is the popular web-service thing where the Content-Type
is
> "text/xml" and the content given to the server is a SOAP Message.
>
>
> Note that for both of these things, the "POST" method of the HTTP protocol
> is used.
>
>
> --
> Happy Hacking,
> Gaurav Vaish | http://www.mastergaurav.com
> http://www.edujini.in | http://articles.edujini.in/webservices
> -------------------
>
>
> "Andy Kendall" <notarealaddress@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23z9ilfCzGHA.1256@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> >
> > This article states the following in relation to ASP.NET default test
> > harness web pages.
> >
> > "These test pages can be used to invoke your WebMethods, but the test
> > harness does this by making HTTP POST requests to the server rather than
> > HTTP SOAP requests. SoapExtensions only work with SOAP requests, and
thus
> > any requests to your Web service made using the default test page will
> > result in your extensions not being used."
> >
> > Is this a typo because I can't seem to find anything out about HTTP
SOAP.
> > If
> > I want my SOAP extensions to alwyas run, do I have to disable HTTP POST
> > request?
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >
>
>

> Or if you can, have patience till the weekend to the latest... you should
> surely get something from me. :-)

<gaurav.vaish.nospam@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:evyu3%23g0GHA.480@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
> > Or if you can, have patience till the weekend to the latest... you
should
> > surely get something from me. :-)
>
> Here it goes...
>
http://articles.edujinionline.com/webservices/2006/09/web-services-in-aspnet-http-post-vs.html
>
>
> Hope it helps... :-)
>
>
> --
> Happy Hacking,
> Gaurav Vaish | http://www.mastergaurav.com
> http://articles.edujinionline.com/webservices
> -------------------
>
>

> Thanks for that. It kind of makes sense to me but I still don't understand
> exactly what Content-Type means. Also, what is defining HTTP-SOAP? As I

> understand it SOAP should know nothing of HTTP and HTTP nothing of SOAP.
> Is
> there some kind of extensibility mechanism in HTTP at play here?Can you
> recommend a link or book which describes these things because the
> information I have found doesn't seem too great.

> Thanks Gaurav that was a great help! If only all answers on forums could
> be
> so useful.....

"Gaurav Vaish (www.EduJiniOnline.com)" wrote:

> > Thanks Gaurav that was a great help! If only all answers on forums could
> > be
> > so useful.....
>
> At least 99.999% should be... and then there are MVP's here!
>
>
> --
> Happy Hacking,
> Gaurav Vaish | http://www.mastergaurav.com
> http://articles.edujinionline.com/webservices
> -------------------
>
>