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CGI POST experiment - negative results

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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I thought would let you all know the =
outcome of=20
an experiment<BR>I tried in order to work around the problem noted =
in<BR>the=20
original message cited below. Since this problem is<BR>now fixed in=20
JavaWebServer (see 'Post on Windows 95' in<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://jserv.javasoft.com/products/java-server/documentation/webs=
erver1.0.2/release_notes.html">http://jserv.javasoft.com/products/java-se=
rver/documentation/webserver1.0.2/release_notes.html</A><BR>)=20
I tried using their patched JRE with Jigsaw. It still<BR>didn't work. =
Also,=20
Jigsaw doesn't produce any<BR>PATH_TRANSLATED environment variable at=20
all.</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>original message:<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-jigsaw/msg05537.html">htt=
p://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-jigsaw/msg05537.html</A></FONT></DIV=
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Subject: cgi POST on NT 4.0 &amp; =
3.51 <BR>From:=20
Chris Tomlinson &lt;<A=20
href=3D"mailto:C.Tomlinson@rosette.com">C.Tomlinson@rosette.com</A>&gt; =
<BR>Date:=20
Sat, 12 Apr 1997 18:46:23 -0500 </FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I believe that there is a problem =
with jdk 1.1.1=20
(and 1.1 I believe) that<BR>prevents the aguments in a POST from =
reaching the=20
exec'd cgi process. It<BR>appears that the stream that is returned by=20
getOutputStream doesn't<BR>actually deliver anything that is written on =
the=20
stream. This leads to cgi<BR>(legacy stuff sometimes just has to be =
hanled this=20
way) not being<BR>functional in jisaw (and Sun's Java Webserver as=20
well)</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>ciao,<BR>Christine =
Tomlinson</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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