Invalid POST Request Exception

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I’m running a web survey that has no attachments on it. We keep seeing the following error messages in the log.

10/24/2007 12:48:55 PM HTTP Web Server: Invalid POST Request Exception [/goe/sta/gas.nsf/SurveyMS-v?OpenForm&Seq=1&id=66-050]

10/24/2007 12:48:55 PM HTTP Web Server: Invalid POST Request Exception [/goe/sta/gas.nsf/SurveyMS-v?OpenForm&Seq=1&id=66-250]

10/24/2007 12:49:02 PM HTTP Web Server: Invalid POST Request Exception [/goe/sta/gas.nsf/surveyhs-r?OpenForm&Seq=1&id=77-550]

I’ve searched for Invallid POST Request Exception and have found a lot of questions, but not so many answers. We’ve tried bumping up the server settings–it didn’t help. Besides, the server settings seem to be refering to attachment size and we have no attachments.

We’re getting 10,000-20,000+ responses per day. It’s on a large server that should handle the volume. The errors occur randomly. We’ll get many responses from 66-050 and then all at once, the error. Then we get more responses again.

Has anyone ever found out what’s causing this error? And, more importantly, how do we fix it?

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Subject: Invalid POST Request Exception

You don’t mention what release your server is on, but I don’t think that the old 5.0.11 bug has come back since.

Did you find this technote?

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&context=SSKTMJ&dc=DB520&uid=swg21214143&loc=en_US&cs=UTF-8&lang=en&rss=ct463lotus

It gives another explanation of what might cause the error (apart form exceeding the maximum post size) and hints how to troubleshoot the issue.

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Subject: RE: Invalid POST Request Exception

Thanks. I found a couple of technotes, but I don’t think this was one of them.

We’re using 6.5.4. I’ll give this to the admins and see if they’ll change the setting on the HTTP tab.

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Subject: RE: Invalid POST Request Exception

Also point their attention to the potential firewall configuration issues, you never know …