web exception when calling an .asmx webs service from within a wcf service

how the service, web service hosted ? their uRLS...how you are accessing them ?

The wcf services are hosted as part of the website in IIS6.  http://mysite/services/service1.svc

The asmx service is at a different site. In the website project I've added a web reference to it, and then used the proxy class within the svc service.

The website uses the microsoft ajax library to call the svc service from the client as seen in the code window below.

I currently have the whole thing running successfully on a test server calling the asmx service from the same production location. The only difference I can see between my test and production environment is that the production has each site in its own root folder, where my test has all the sites as virtual folders under the default website.

$('#ReportStation').autoComplete({
        minimumPrefixLength: 1,
        serviceMethod: 'GetStations',
        servicePath: 'services/UIControlPopulation.svc',
        enableCaching: true,
        completionSetCount: 10,
        completionInterval: 250
    });

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Issue update:

I have change from using a WEB REFERENCE in the wcf service to adding the asmx service as a SERVICE REFERENCE and using that in the wcf service.

I am now receiving a EndpointNotFoundError: There was no endpoint listening at http://mySite/theService.asmx that could accept the message.

I have browsed to this address in a browser without issue. And still it works from my test server, but not my production server.

please paste complete error and can we see ur endpoint configuration and how you are invoking your service please ?

Here's the error information:

Exception Type:
System.ServiceModel.EndpointNotFoundException

Mesasge:
There was no endpoint listening at http://mySite/theService.asmx that could accept the message. This is often caused by an incorrect address or SOAP action. See InnerException, if present, for more details.

StackTrace:

Server stack trace:
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelUtilities.ProcessGetResponseWebException(WebException webException, HttpWebRequest request, HttpAbortReason abortReason)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelFactory.HttpRequestChannel.HttpChannelRequest.WaitForReply(TimeSpan timeout)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.RequestChannel.Request(Message message, TimeSpan timeout)
at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.RequestChannelBinder.Request(Message message, TimeSpan timeout)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.Call(String action, Boolean oneway, ProxyOperationRuntime operation, Object[] ins, Object[] outs, TimeSpan timeout)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.Call(String action, Boolean oneway, ProxyOperationRuntime operation, Object[] ins, Object[] outs)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.InvokeService(IMethodCallMessage methodCall, ProxyOperationRuntime operation)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.Invoke(IMessage message)

Exception rethrown at [0]:
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)
at AirportInfoService.AirportInfoSoap.GetAirports(GetAirportsRequest request)
at AirportInfoService.AirportInfoSoapClient.AirportInfoService.AirportInfoSoap.GetAirports(GetAirportsRequest request)
at AirportInfoService.AirportInfoSoapClient.GetAirports()
at UIControlPopulation.GetStations(String prefixText, Int32 count)
at SyncInvokeGetStations(Object , Object[] , Object[] )
at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.SyncMethodInvoker.Invoke(Object instance, Object[] inputs, Object[]& outputs)
at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.DispatchOperationRuntime.InvokeBegin(MessageRpc& rpc)
at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage5(MessageRpc& rpc)
at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage4(MessageRpc& rpc)
at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage3(MessageRpc& rpc)
at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage2(MessageRpc& rpc)
at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage1(MessageRpc& rpc)
at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.MessageRpc.Process(Boolean isOperationContextSet)

InnerException: System.Net.WebException
InnerException Message: The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request.


Configuration:
<system.serviceModel>
            <bindings>
   <basicHttpBinding>
    <binding name="AirportInfoSoap" closeTimeout="00:01:00" openTimeout="00:01:00"
     receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:01:00" allowCookies="false"
     bypassProxyOnLocal="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
     maxBufferSize="32768000" maxBufferPoolSize="524288" maxReceivedMessageSize="32768000"
     messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" transferMode="Buffered"
     useDefaultWebProxy="true">
     <readerQuotas maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="8192" maxArrayLength="16384"
      maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="16384" />
     <security mode="None">
      <transport clientCredentialType="None" proxyCredentialType="None"
       realm="" />
      <message clientCredentialType="UserName" algorithmSuite="Default" />
     </security>
    </binding>
   </basicHttpBinding>
  </bindings>
  <client>
   <endpoint address="http://mySite/theService.asmx"
    binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="AirportInfoSoap"
    contract="AirportInfoService.AirportInfoSoap" name="AirportInfoSoap" />
  </client>
  <behaviors>
      <endpointBehaviors>
            <behavior name="SOAPBehavior">
                  <enableWebScript/>
            </behavior>
      </endpointBehaviors>
      <serviceBehaviors>
            <behavior name="UIControlPopulationBehavior">
                  <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
                  <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
            </behavior>
      </serviceBehaviors>
  </behaviors>
  <services>
      <service behaviorConfiguration="UIControlPopulationBehavior" name="UIControlPopulation">
            <endpoint address="" binding="webHttpBinding" contract="IUIControlPopulation" behaviorConfiguration="SOAPBehavior"/>
            <endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
      </service>
  </services>
</system.serviceModel>


I am using the VS2008 generated client objects for the asmx service within the wcf service:

AirportInfoService.AirportInfoSoapClient airportInfoClient = new AirportInfoService.AirportInfoSoapClient();
_stations = new List<AirportInfoService.Airport>(airportInfoClient.GetAirports());


I am calling the WCF service from the clientside control as mentioned above.

The endpoint address "http://mySite/theService.asmx" has web methods or "Operation contracts" ?

Looks like your giving .asmx instead of .svc URL in the config.

That's correct. The client endpoint is pointing to an asmx web service (Web Methods). The local scv service is calling the asmx service.

We have several asmx web services deployed using either web references or service references depending on the project and all function correctly. I have tried using both a service reference and a web reference for this asmx service with similar results (works on my test server, but not production). The service reference  gives me the above error and the web reference only gives me a 400 bad request message with no other info.

The above configuration contains for both server and client configurations? have you merged it or is it only for client or server ?

Can you also give the separate configurations for the service in server and on client please ?

Thats it for the service configuration... It has the server configurations for .svc service (UIControlPopulation) which acts as a client of the asmx service (AirportInfoSoap).