Request format is unrecognized for URL unexpectedly ending in

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When consuming a WebService, I got the following error:

Request format is unrecognized for URL unexpectedly ending in /myMethodName

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  All you need is to add the following to your web.config

  <configuration>
      <system.web>
      <webServices>
          <protocols>
              <add name="HttpGet"/>
              <add name="HttpPost"/>
          </protocols>
      </webServices>
      </system.web>
  </configuration>
  

  More info from Microsoft

  Daniel Brink : would this also work on IIS7 .Net2.0 apps ?

  roman m : i THINK all you need to do is switch to

  Daniel Brink : i kept it as is and for now the error seems to have gone away. if i see the error again i'll move the webservices configs into the webserver section.