Web Services with POST Bindings

Question

Hi,
I am creating a web service with a method which takes a value from the user and inserts the value into the database .Now the value which is taken is of type 'long' and cannot be sent through the URL.
As far as my understanding goes, the default SOAP binding that I am using currently uses the HTTP GET method,ie through the URL, to send the SOAP request. But the problem is that my Request is too big and I have to use the HTTP POST method.
Now, my questions are as follows:
1.Instead of using the default SOAP binding, can I use the HTTP POST bindings? IF yes, How do I go about it?
2.Is there a way to specify to the SOAP to use HTTP POST( for example in the 'transport' attribute)?
Thanks,
Ramya.

Answer 1

Normally, Oracle's stack expects a post binding and the SOAP client does it for you this way under the covers [1].
We did add a get binding so that if you came in via a browser in Oracle9iAS 9.0.3 and OracleAS 10g 9.0.4 and later - we generate a home page and a parameter form from which you can test out the Web service when coming in via a browser.
What SOAP client are you using? Are you constructing your own SOAP message, using Oracle's SOAP libraries or another package?
Mike.
[1]
Sample SOAP client using Oracle's SOAP libraries
public String sahHello(String test) throws Exception
String returnVal = null;
URL endpointURL = new URL(_endpoint);
Call call = new Call();
call.setSOAPTransport(m_httpConnection);
call.setTargetObjectURI("MyWebService1");
call.setMethodName("sayHello");
call.setEncodingStyleURI(Constants.NS_URI_SOAP_ENC);
Vector params = new Vector();
params.addElement(new Parameter("test", java.lang.String.class, test, null));
call.setParams(params);
call.setSOAPMappingRegistry(m_smr);
Response response = call.invoke(endpointURL, "");
if (!response.generatedFault())
Parameter result = response.getReturnValue();
returnVal = (String)result.getValue();
else
Fault fault = response.getFault();
throw new SOAPException(fault.getFaultCode(), fault.getFaultString());
return returnVal;