I am fit to be tied! I have been battling this HTTP Server Request error for hours. I have read through the blogs, boards, and other sites with great information, however, I still fail to get my app working. Uggh! The application continues to fail.

Environment:

1. Using an external server

2. Have complete control over server

3. Running Coldfusion 8

4. Using Flex Builder 3

5. SQL 2005

Situation:

I am trying to create a simple connection between my Flex application, Coldfusion, and SQL 2005. I am taking baby steps and using a pre-tested example using Friends of ED Foundation "Flex for Developers" book detailing the following code examples.  My file DBtestCFM_app.html calls the swf file which calls the messageboard.cfm file and calls the crossdomain.xml file.

I have the crossdomain.xml file at the root of the mydomainname folder.

Flex MXML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" creationComplete="messageRequest.send()">

<mx:HTTPService id="messageRequest" useProxy="false" method="POST" resultFormat="e4x" url="http://mydomainname.com/flex/DBtestCFM_app.html">

<mx:request xmlns="">

<emailaddress>{emailaddress.text}</emailaddress>

<message>{message.text}</message>

<messagetopic>{messagetopic.text}</messagetopic>

<postername>{postername.text}</postername>

</mx:request>

</mx:HTTPService>

<mx:StringValidator id="nameSV" source="{postername}"

property="text" trigger="{btnSubmit}" triggerEvent="click"/>

<mx:StringValidator id="emailSV" source="{emailaddress}"

property="text" trigger="{btnSubmit}" triggerEvent="click"/>

<mx:StringValidator id="topicSV" source="{messagetopic}"

property="text" trigger="{btnSubmit}" triggerEvent="click"/>

<mx:StringValidator id="messageSV" source="{message}"

property="text" trigger="{btnSubmit}" triggerEvent="click"/>

<mx:VBox x="10" y="10">

<mx:DataGrid id="dgMessage" x="25" y="200"

dataProvider="{messageRequest.lastResult.posting}">

<mx:columns>

<mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Poster Name"

dataField="postername" width="200"/>

<mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Email Address"

dataField="emailaddress" width="200"/>

<mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Message Topic"

dataField="messagetopic" width="200" />

</mx:columns>

</mx:DataGrid>

<mx:TextArea height="100" width="400"

text="{dgMessage.selectedItem.message}"/>

<mx:Form x="25" y="10" width="500">

<mx:FormItem label="Your Name:"

required="true">

<mx:TextInput id="postername" />

</mx:FormItem>

<mx:FormItem label="Email Address:"

required="true">

<mx:TextInput id="emailaddress" />

</mx:FormItem>

<mx:FormItem label="Message Topic:"

required="true">

<mx:TextInput id="messagetopic" />

</mx:FormItem>

<mx:FormItem label="Message"

required="true">

<mx:TextArea id="message" />

</mx:FormItem>

<mx:Button id="btnSubmit" label="Submit"

click="messageRequest.send()"/>

</mx:Form>

</mx:VBox>

</mx:Application>

Messageboard.cfm

<cfprocessingdirective suppresswhitespace="yes" pageencoding="utf-8">

<cfif isDefined("emailaddress") AND isDefined("message")

AND isDefined("messageTopic") AND isDefined("postername") AND

emailAddress NEQ "" AND message NEQ "" AND messageTopic NEQ ""

AND postername NEQ "">

<cfquery name="addInfo" datasource="#application.dsn.name#" username="#application.dsn.user#" password="#application.dsn.pwd#">

INSERT INTO messageData(emailaddress, message, messagetopic,

postername) VALUES("#emailaddress#"," #message#"," #messagetopic#"," #postername#")

</cfquery>

</cfif>

<cfquery name="allInfo" datasource="#application.dsn.name#" username="#application.dsn.user#" password="#application.dsn.pwd#">

SELECT ID, emailaddress, message, messagetopic, postername

FROM messageData

</cfquery>

<cfxml variable="messageXML">

<posters>

<cfloop query="allInfo">

<cfoutput>

<posting>

<id>#id#</id>

<emailaddress>#emailaddress#</emailaddress>

<message>#message#</message>

<messagetopic>#messagetopic#</messagetopic>

<postername>#postername#</postername>

</posting>

</cfoutput>

</cfloop>

</posters>

</cfxml>

<cfoutput>#messageXML#</cfoutput>

</cfprocessingdirective>

Crossdomain.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy SYSTEM " http://www.macromedia.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd">

<cross-domain-policy>

<site-control permitted-cross-domain-policies="all"/> 

<allow-access-from domain="*" to-ports="*" />

<allow-http-request-headers-from domain=”*” headers=”SOAPAction”/>

</cross-domain-policy>