Closed Bug 19476 Opened 25 years ago Closed 25 years ago

Form is submitted improperly and yahoo takes you to an error page

Categories

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect, P3)

x86
Windows 98
defect

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VERIFIED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: jason, Assigned: pollmann)

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Details

Using Build 1999111520 on a P233MMX w/64MB RAM when visiting http://tv.yahoo.com/yahoo/register/cableproviders.dpg?zipcode=27040 I had the following problem: When the "Go" button is clicked beside the drop down box that reads "NC, Rural Hall - Time Warner" then you are taken to an error page which reads... Error! The channel you have entered, !No Ne! is not found. Click "Next" to try again. When the go button is clicked in this case you should be taken to local TV listings. This error occurs no matter what area code you're trying to get TV listings for. This form works perfectly in Netscape 4.7. You can check other area codes to make sure they're working by simply replacing the part of the URL that reads zipcode=27040 with zipcode=desiredzip The offending peice of code apparently is: <!-- Get a list of Channel Areas for this zipode --><form method=post action="http://tv.yahoo.com/yahoo/register/congrats.dpg"><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffcc" align=right><font face=arial><b>Cable Listings:</b></font></td><td bgcolor="#dcdcdc"><font size="-1" face=arial>Select one of the following cable companies: <br><select name=chanArea><OPTION VALUE="NC32428">NC, WINSTON SALEM - TIME WARNER </select><input type=submit value="GO"></font></td></tr></form> <!-- Get a list of Channel Areas for this zipode --> <form method=post action="http://tv.yahoo.com/yahoo/register/congrats.dpg"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" align=right> <font face=arial> <b>Cable Listings:</b> </font> </td> <td bgcolor="#dcdcdc"> <font size="-1" face=arial> Select one of the following cable companies: <br> <select name=chanArea> <OPTION VALUE="NC32428">NC, WINSTON SALEM - TIME WARNER </select> <input type=submit value="GO"> </font> </td> </tr> </form>
Assignee: karnaze → pollmann
Reassigning to Eric.
The value that appears to be submitted incorrectly here is a select. I was able to reproduce the bug the first time I ran this with my build, but now I can't reproduce it anymore. Therefore, I can't trace down what's going wrong. I'll try a few more times.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Tried Windows, Linux, various zip codes. I couldn't reproduce this one. Can you come up with a reproducable test case? Note that if you use the forward and back buttons to navigate, the form data won't be reposted correctly and you will get this error. This forward/back bug is bug 17685
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
As an aside, a fix for this will be checked in to an early M13 build (see the other bug).
Component: HTML: Form Submission → DOM: Core & HTML
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