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passing html to webservice (asmx) for invoke

Greetings,
I have a WDSL XML Webservice:
It asks for four fields,

However one of my fields is html from a Textarea (like fckeditor).
it is erroring out...how do I get the HTML through so the String parameter can catch it in the webservice function, so it can be uploaded into a RMDB?

Thanks

Sudaraka Wijesinghe

Not sure what you mean by "erroring out", but probably you need to encode the HTML in HTTP transfer and/or DB update.
Please provide more details on the exact error(s) you get.

Evan Cutler

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this is the error I get:
System.Web.HttpRequestValidationException: A potentially dangerous Request.Form value was detected from the client (text="<p><strong><font siz...").
at System.Web.HttpRequest.ValidateString(String value, String collectionKey, RequestValidationSource requestCollection)
at System.Web.HttpRequest.ValidateNameValueCollection(NameValueCollection nvc, RequestValidationSource requestCollection)
at System.Web.HttpRequest.get_Form()
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.HtmlFormParameterReader.Read(HttpRequest request)
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.HttpServerProtocol.ReadParameters()
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.WebServiceHandler.CoreProcessRequest()

Sudaraka Wijesinghe

A quick google of that error shows you can avoid it by setting the validateRequest to false. I'm not familiar with .Net technology so I don't know if this make the application vulnerable in some way.

http://www.daniweb.com/web-development/aspnet/threads/26790
http://www.aspsnippets.com/Articles/A-potentially-dangerous-RequestForm-value-was-detected-from-the-client.aspx

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Evan Cutler

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I don't like it, sounds bad, but it works....

fortunately the cleditor I'm using, has a small amount of XSS protection.

Cheers.
THanks.