document.form.submit() doesn't work for large form fields

[alan_atwood]

Hello all. I am having a problem with the submit() method that is
driving me nuts. I'm using document.form.submit() with large text
fields (approx. 2000 characters) and am getting a "Invalid Syntax"
error. If I do the same thing with a text field of under 1500
characters, it works fine.

Is there some size limit here that I don't know about? Haven't been
able to find anything so far on this particular problem.

Thanks,
Alan

 

[Matt Kruse]

Hello all. I am having a problem with the submit() method that is
driving me nuts. I'm using document.form.submit() with large text
fields (approx. 2000 characters) and am getting a "Invalid Syntax"
error. If I do the same thing with a text field of under 1500
characters, it works fine.
Is there some size limit here that I don't know about? Haven't been
able to find anything so far on this particular problem.

Your form probably has method="get" which has a size limit in different
browsers. This problem would exist even if you used a submit button and no
javascript.
Use method="post" instead.

 

[VK]

Hello all. I am having a problem with the submit() method that is
driving me nuts. I'm using document.form.submit() with large text
fields (approx. 2000 characters) and am getting a "Invalid Syntax"
error. If I do the same thing with a text field of under 1500
characters, it works fine.

Is there some size limit here that I don't know about? Haven't been
able to find anything so far on this particular problem.

Are you using GET or POST in your form?

In what browser are you seeing the error?