PQ70031: POST REQUEST WITH QUERY STRING TO SERVLET DOES NOT RETRIEVE PARAMETERS IN QUERY STRING BY REQ.GETPARAMETER(..).

 Fixes are available

5.0.1: WebSphere Application Server Version 5.0 Fix Pack 1 (Version 5.0.1)
5.0.1: WebSphere Application Server Enterprise Edition Version 5.0 Fix Pack 1



APAR status
Closed as program error.

Error description
Post request with query string to servlet does not retrieve
parameters in query string by req.getParameter(..). But, req.get
QueryString() retrieved the query string which has parameters
passed t the servlet.
Websphere 5.0 POST parametnames parameter query string
Local fix Problem summary
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* USERS AFFECTED: WebSphere Application Server users that      *
*                 send post data without a content type.       *
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: WebSphere fails to add query string     *
*                      data to the list of request parameters  *
*                      when receiving a POST request with      *
*                      a content type of null.                 *
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* RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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User is creating a custom client (ie not using a web
browser) to send post requests to WebSphere.  Since the
custom client is not specifying a content type, WebSphere
is not parsing the request parameters properly.
Problem conclusion
Modified WebSphere's implementation of HttpServletRequest
to properly handle post requests without a content type.
WebSphere will now parse the query string but ignore the
post data in the body of the request.
Temporary fix Comments
APAR information
APAR number PQ70031
Reported component name WAS BASE 5.0
Reported component ID 5630A3600
Reported release 00W
Status CLOSED PER
PE NoPE
HIPER NoHIPER
Special Attention NoSpecatt
Submitted date 2003-01-20
Closed date 2003-01-24
Last modified date 2003-01-24

APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros
ENGINE          

Publications Referenced

Fix information
Fixed component name WAS BASE 5.0
Fixed component ID 5630A3600

Applicable component levels
R003 PSY    UP
R00A PSY    UP
R00H PSY    UP
R00I PSY    UP
R00S PSY    UP
R00W PSY    UP


Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > General
Operating system(s):
Software version: 00W
Software edition:
Reference #: PQ70031
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Jan 24, 2003