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I am able to get the transaction with a block number while calling method of a contract however the state variables don't change unless I mention the "address" and "gas" parameters on web3^0.20.7

HelloWorld.sol

contract HelloWorld {
  string message;
  event evntGetMessage(string message);

  constructor(string mymessage) public {
    message =  mymessage;
  emit evntGetMessage(message);
  }

  function getMessage() external view returns(string) {
    return message;
  }

  function welcomeMssg(string name) external returns (string){
     message =  string(abi.encodePacked(message, " ", name));
     emit evntGetMessage(message);
     return string(abi.encodePacked(message, " ", name));
  } 
}

txn.js

//txn.js file to call the contract instance from web3. I have deployed the contract using web3 JS:

contractInstance.welcomeMssg('Hi',{gas: 500000,from:txnAccount1})   //returning me the expected results and appending the state variable - "message"

contractInstance.welcomeMssg('Hi')    //returning me transaction block number but not updating the "message" variable

Is it the expected behavior in web3@0.20.7?

Thanks

Shawn Tabrizi
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anibis
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  • In web3.js versions v0.20 will use a default gas of 90k gas if none is specified. Since some operations on strings are complex it will cause out of gas. It is expected you supply the correct amount of gas. – Ismael Oct 31 '18 at 20:29

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In Web3 JS here's a way to make transaction.

In case Python WEB3

Using Web3 version 4.6.0

State variables are actually transactions. So you must use buidTransaction or transact to sign transactions.

w3 = //HTTPProvider
txn = contractInstance.functions.welcomeMssg("VALUE").
buildTransaction({'from': txnAccount1,
                  'gas': 90000,
                  'value': 0,
                  'gasPrice': 4100000000,
                  'nonce': w3.eth.getTransactionCount(txnAccount1)})

 raw_tx = {'nonce': txn['nonce'],
      'gas': txn['gas'],
      'gasPrice': txn['gasPrice'],
      'to': txn['to'],
      'data': txn['data'],
      'from': txn['from']}

 signed_txn = w3.eth.account.signTransaction(dict(raw_tx), txnAccount1KEY )
 w3.eth.sendRawTransaction(signed_txn.rawTransaction)
 tx_hash = Web3.toHex(Web3.sha3(signed_txn.rawTransaction))
 w3.eth.waitForTransactionReceipt(tx_hash)
 print("Transaction For HelloWorld Successfully Mined, Hash : {0}".format(tx_hash))
faran ahmed
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  • You are not answering the question about gas usage and strings. – Ismael Oct 31 '18 at 20:27
  • actually state changing functions can not be set as VIEW in solidity. Such functions are actually transactions and transactions cannot be executed using functionName.CALL(). This is why I posted complete way to make a transaction and change variable state using sendTransaction/sendRawTransaction after BUILDTransaction/Transact() function. – faran ahmed Nov 02 '18 at 05:47
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    The question is why calling the same function with same arguments succeed whe gas is specified and fail otherwise. – Ismael Nov 02 '18 at 17:03
  • @Ismael my bad. -_- – faran ahmed Nov 03 '18 at 05:19