HTTPRequest.ReadBinary

[Guest]

If I call HTTPRequest.ReadBinary twice... how come the second time it an
empty string?

Do I need to reset the input stream?

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

From where did you get "HTTPRequest.ReadBinary" ?
I just did a google search on it and - "nada".
Please explain.
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[bruce barker]

the request stream is not buffered, so its read once. if you need to
backup, you can stream it into a memory stream (which is what it would
have to do.)

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[Anthony Jones]

From where did you get "HTTPRequest.ReadBinary" ?
I just did a google search on it and - "nada".
Please explain.

The OP got the method name transposed its:-

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.httprequest.binaryread.aspx

Its purpose is to assist porting ASP code. InputStream is a more
appropriate way to handle the raw request entity.

 

[Guest]

The OP got the method name transposed its:-

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.httprequest.binaryr
ead.aspx

Its purpose is to assist porting ASP code. InputStream is a more
appropriate way to handle the raw request entity.

Oops... Yes, BinaryRead

Good to know about the InputStream instead ... I'll take a look at that.

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

the request stream is not buffered, so its read once. if you need to
backup, you can stream it into a memory stream (which is what it would
have to do.)

Oh IC, so BinaryRead is actually mapped to the stream. That makes sense.

I thought it actually would be smart enough to dump the data more than
once.

Thanks.

 

[Anthony Jones]

Oh IC, so BinaryRead is actually mapped to the stream. That makes sense.

I thought it actually would be smart enough to dump the data more than
once.

It doesn't do that in classic ASP and since its purpose it be compatible
with older ASP code it doesn't do it .NET either.

 

[Guest]

It doesn't do that in classic ASP and since its purpose it be compatible
with older ASP code it doesn't do it .NET either.

Ah, I don't think it was mentioned in the MSDN documentation.