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Request.Form for a textarea returns bad data

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Its a bit strange. I've done some testing and I'm not getting the same problem.

At a guess you have response buffering set to false in ASP but FF is not comprehending the resulting chunked encoding. Why your copy of FF isn't coping I don't know since it works fine on my 3.5 version with or without chunked encoding.

Can you improve the quality the reproduction details in your question. I'm using the this ASP page as a test:-

<%
If Request.QueryString("function") = "post" Then
    Response.Buffer = False
    Response.Write Request.Form("obs")
    Response.End
End If 
%>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<form action="test.asp?function=post" method="post">
 <textarea name="obs" id="obs" cols="75" rows="10">
              <!-- Loads of text here -->
 </textarea >
 <input type="submit" value="go" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

AnthonyWJones 2009-09-01 19:42:46

Thanks for your help, I really appreciate.I implemented your test page and get the error! The Response.Buffer = False has no effect (i tried on true as well :-P). I also tried to enable and disable IIS buffer.Sorry but Firefox is 3.5.2.Really lost... thanks very much again!

Javier Torón 2009-09-02 17:23:38

I'm not sure what to say, the only difference I've got is I'm using IIS7, when I get a chance I'll spin up XP and try my test page there.

AnthonyWJones 2009-09-02 21:37:28

Thanks very much but I'm not sure if it deserves any effort.I suppose this is a very weird bug on the format firefox sends a textarea filled with a good amount of data.I'm not sure if I should close the question o leave it unresolved for people who could find the same error. Perhaps I should insert a resume of our findings.

Javier Torón 2009-09-04 22:27:40

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