Microsoft KB Archive/268273

= Posting Acceptor Repost Fails When Input Tag Has Null Value Attribute =

Article ID: 268273

Article Last Modified on 10/16/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q268273



SYMPTOMS
When you use the Posting Acceptor that is included in Site Server 3.0 Service Pack 3 or later, reposting process fails when the value attribute in an input tag in the Uploadnd.asp file has no content, for example:

 

The following error message is returned:

Reposting to URL &quot;http://server/scripts/repost.asp&quot; failed. repost failed.



RESOLUTION
Change the input tag to properly specify a NULL character for the value property, for example:

 



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Site Server 3.0 Service Pack 3 and later.



Steps to Reproduce the Behavior
 Modify the form tag in Uploadnd.asp, which is located in the Microsoft Site Server/Siteserver/Publishing directory, exactly as follows:

&quot; method=post> File to process:  File to process:  File to process:  Destination URL: <input name=&quot;TargetURL&quot; value=&quot;<%= TargetURL %>&quot; size=40> <input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;test&quot; value=&quot; &quot;> <input type=&quot;submit&quot; value=&quot;Upload&quot;>

</li> <li>Browse to http://server/siteserver/publishing.</li> <li>Choose Upload a file to a virtual directory using HTTP Post (RFC 1869).</li> <li>Upload any file.</li></ol>

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