IE data loss in textarea input bug???
this one is driving me nuts and very strange.
I have an ASP form that works fine, several of them actually, until someone at the clients location tries to submit a large amount of text via a text area input using IE.
Then the input text is cut off at about 1700 characters. This will then happen for everyone using that form to input text using IE. The form still works fine using Firefox.
so I conclude. the database is ok, data field is memo, and is working fine, my asp code is ok. the problem must be with IE. and localized to that form after use by clients using it.
other forms on the same site using the exact same code still work fine using IE and don't cut off the text after 1700 characters. only that one text area input on that one form does this until someone else at the clients location tries to submit longer amount of text. then again everyone anywhere using IE can't submit more than that amount of text in that form as well. It still goes into the database and anywhere else I want to display it, but it is cut short at submit by IE.
at first I thought it had to do with copying and pasting from Word, hidden characters and formatting going in. this is a known bug. but how would that effect others afterwards using the form to submit text? and why would doing that work for me until someone else did it? and how would what they did tell IE to always do it from then on to other users? something on the server end must be getting configured to notify IE when other users access the form to cut off the data at that point.
I have the ITmgr at the customer's location looking into it too.
they are using pretty much the same software as me. Word XP, Windows XP, IE 6 or 7
Please Help. this whole huge project is built on providing users on the client end the ability to update data on their web site via these forms. and it works perfectly until they use it! :eek:
