web3.eth.transact is not returning any value

[KenKappler]

Executing the below in the JS console:

var source = "" +
"contract test {\n" +
" function multiply(uint a) returns(uint d) {\n" +
" return a * 7;\n" +
" }\n" +
"}\n";
var compiled = web3.eth.solidity(source);
var address = web3.eth.transact({code: compiled});
console.log(address);

Produces:

Error: NETWORK_ERR: XMLHttpRequest Exception 101
code: 101
constructor: XMLHttpRequestExceptionConstructor
line: 1063
message: "NETWORK_ERR: XMLHttpRequest Exception 101"
name: "NETWORK_ERR"
stack: "send@[native code]↵send↵send↵↵eval code↵eval@[native code]↵evaluate@[native code]↵_evaluateOn↵_evaluateAndWrap↵evaluate"
proto: XMLHttpRequestExceptionPrototype

This function is also causing a lot of problems within the GUI

[androlo]

Right now I can send transactions, but when doing the deploy via http it returns a garbage character instead of the address. Printing the http request I get this:

{ jsonrpc: '2.0',
  method: 'eth_transact',
  params: [ { data: '0x60056013565b610....' } ],
  id: 4 }

I always get the value 0x01 back:
{"id":4,"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"\u0001"}

This is on latest dev, aleth + ethereum.js, doing things exactly like in the examples. Tried just sending a contract contract Test {} as well, which compiles in aleth (this is not a failure to compile, and I got plenty of funds). Not sure why this is happening.

[androlo]

Looks like the contracts are indeed created though:

> listContracts
00d7b8ed11b2ad2d28a548630cef58602ea28146 : 0 [0]
027a953156f5033479ee1e541857849e14471a0f : 0 [0]
07ca285cdcdeaf8f90798f5767ffc917f719df37 : 0 [0]
122c290de317f11601f1502e56ad511d1a2684da : 0 [0]
1764fcd484d1097353b5d7f05af14c2a0de20e61 : 0 [0]
188aede27fb3b4def9213f31ef4982542c06f029 : 0 [0]
1e293d94f4528a8fb8abf97e62aabf750d8b7766 : 0 [0]
263ee26f2067144d9758a197580fcc8a8b4dd021 : 0 [0]
2e794522178ae323d94bf6daf4b1c730135f53df : 0 [0]
33e61609e49bdc2c2d881efab1f92ab2d756b151 : 0 [0]
35149361ef219afc1ae982a5470547dbaf542ff0 : 0 [0]
3a2a72dc92d3eb41cfeb0cc3644c7960b8c23733 : 0 [0]
472e0c89fa1343efcc8a1bbcfd57bde70ae775df : 0 [0]
551b4e7cdb6ae637abcffcc28eb2f942c7212fbf : 0 [0]
5d2e7e917e8962cff3d3b9e79d0d4f695851b260 : 0 [0]
5dcbd078c818eddc4c2055b63309428b70249ff6 : 0 [0]
6237d81cb0c019162b46b1869fe241b2bb2df267 : 0 [0]
64f9f493b7626e1b645d45c08702e44298e93ec5 : 0 [0]
6c332b83eca22d82cbb82cbb3841e90819eb1ba5 : 0 [0]
7081b49a8689d9d1b7a6679f664c5b12fbc322cd : 0 [0]
8441ce9520b43fd98bda6dfe70e2969786b89347 : 0 [0]
8a38c537e3f363c04667c45d19358e5f9313eafb : 0 [0]
9d296a5e81ca4d08b35631a4a299e714c0614ce7 : 0 [0]
9dbfac9257772432a3c2811a19c72a94d41a10eb : 0 [0]
ad13980fff2015a521ed66f5da55eaa53a3212ba : 0 [0]
ae8843ce37709155ad08830435666a4589536c6f : 0 [0]
b1bf891838611f82e2118b8880383bd47b15d6c8 : 0 [0]
ba0d07f9c8a05aae40e58a206e14bf93a65637f5 : 0 [0]
c049801f5fa9ac23005c371683c3a34629ec4a77 : 0 [0]
c7d4fbc052bacea3ea74daa95c702de62401485a : 0 [0]
d8c500fb0b6531a891b7ea12c47db364b4f5a7b2 : 0 [0]
ef2bb780d3bb1ef3a12ce8223d072555b906fce8 : 0 [0]
f58febfeea25360326858cb749a82b1e6df1028d : 0 [0]
f86467ae840d122460ca42eea742ef8bd81d0db6 : 0 [0]
f998087ae558d589607adef60cd6d6ac2f2c3682 : 0 [0]
fa06cbb7c1cc4824bd88526c9ae7590b2a26f17c : 0 [0]
fcdec675607f8e827a9f5d45a7303a121097a51d : 0 [0]
fec16ae8ab6b2b7ee5d8876752c5840d4f1bbcd1 : 0 [0]

Been going at it for a while...

[jorisbontje]

Related cpp-ethereum issue: ethereum/aleth#1102

Hopefully this will be fixed by ethereum/aleth#1120

[androlo]

ooh hash -> bool, makes sense. thanks for the info.

[debris]

should be fixed in latest cpp-ethereum develop, please check ;)

[androlo]

works for me. pushed 20 contracts or so.

[jorisbontje]

its returning an address again, but the contracts still dont get mined.

[androlo]

Weird. It works for me. Log dump from webstorm javascript console:

Active account: 0x338ceb654955602379882180fe59d8fef4361ac6
/home/androlo/WebstormProjects/FundManager/application
Loaded contract: doug.sol
Loaded contract: usersdb.sol
Loaded contract: users.sol
Loaded contract: bankdb.sol
Loaded contract: bank.sol
Loaded contract: fundmanager.sol
Starting deployment.
Block number at start: 478
Deploying Doug.
Address: 0x2bba0cb2fb2bbff039379285e53d476ca45c11dc
Express server listening on port 3000
New block: 479
Deploying UsersDb.
Address: 0x3ca88f75853d538964e84586b4a868c95ad3bdaa
New block: 480
Deploying Users.
Address: 0xe116c8c8da3f83ecf50dd79fbf33ae9654527e87
New block: 481
Deploying BankDb.
Address: 0xf4398266f6cc947882dce11ebb58e356973d3d98
New block: 482
Deploying Bank.
Address: 0x249f91d9eb7ca9e6eff3c6b4e55004fd15141365
New block: 483
Deploying FundManager.
Address: 0x23ac76be6e31f5b1994088a354e8b684e329b4f3
New block: 484
New block: 485
Deployed successfully

Also listed contracts from eth cli and i find them there.

Could it be your contracts has old visibility specifiers in them, like protected? Caught me a bit off guard... couldn't understand why it didn't compile all over sudden but checked aleth and confirmed they didn't compile.

[kumavis]

new ethereum.js versions will not return a value for web3.eth.transact. This is b/c calling transact does not immediately add it to the blockchain, it will add it to a queue of transactions requested by the dapp, that the user will later confirm or reject.

[kumavis]

closing this for now, feel free to continue discussion / ask questions