Problems with Safari uploading files to server

[raymond42]

I have a jsp that allows users to upload files via a secure form and the standard html <input type=”file” … > tag.
I am using the Apache FileUpload code to parse the request.

When the request is submitted by a Safari browser, approximately 80% of the time, the parse does not return a result. After about 2 minutes, I get a SocketTimeoutException. On the client side, Safari shows a “loading ….” Message and after 5 minutes reverts to a blank screen – unsurprisingly since the server never serves up a response.
By way of comparison, when the transaction is successful, the process takes less than 1 second.


java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out
at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method)
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java(Compiled Code))
at com.ibm.ws.io.Stream.read(Stream.java(Compiled Code))
at com.ibm.ws.io.ReadStream.read(ReadStream.java(Compiled Code))
at com.ibm.ws.http.ContentLengthInputStream.read(ContentLengthInputStream.java(Compiled Code))
at com.ibm.ws.io.ReadStream.read(ReadStream.java(Compiled Code))
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.http.HttpConnection.read(HttpConnection.java:342)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srp.SRPConnection.read(SRPConnection.java:200)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srt.SRTInputStream.read(SRTInputStream.java:80)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srt.http.HttpInputStream.read(HttpInputStream.java:312)
at java.io.InputStream.read(InputStream.java(Compiled Code))
at sun.nio.cs.StreamDecoder$ConverterSD.implRead(StreamDecoder.java(Compiled Code))
at sun.nio.cs.StreamDecoder.read(StreamDecoder.java(Compiled Code))
at java.io.InputStreamReader.read(InputStreamReader.java(Compiled Code))
at java.io.BufferedReader.fill(BufferedReader.java(Compiled Code))
at java.io.BufferedReader.read1(BufferedReader.java(Compiled Code))
at java.io.BufferedReader.read(BufferedReader.java(Compiled Code))
…


This problem occurs regardless of file size and even if Safari is told to report itself as firefox. This problem has not once occurred with any of IE 5,6 or 7 or Firefox 1.* and 2.*

Environment:
Client is Mac OS-X 10.4.10 with Safari: 2.0.4
I have been able to reproduce the error with Safari 3 on mac and windows.

Server is Websphere 5.1

Can anyone suggest a solution to this problem?
Thanks

 

[Giaguara]

When using Safari, the next time it occurs, hit the Bug button and submit a report to Apple.
And from then on, use Firefox or Camino until you have a newer version of Safari where it might work.