[thelist] Netscape is doing my head in

[jeff]

bri,

:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: From: Sabrina Dent, Apperception Ltd.
:
: http://www.plumworks.org.uk/working/jobs.htm
:
: Thanks to lots of Evolt help, I was finally
: able to get the form results on this page to
: go to a pop-up window. Woo hoo!
:
: Except... it works beautifully in IE, shows
: all the results and variables, etc. but throws
: a syntax error in Netscape in the pop-up window.
:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

let me first paste in the url that netscape is attempting to send to the
webserver.  it looks kinda odd.  i had to put parens around the whole thing
so you could see where it starts and stops:

(http://www.jobline500.co.UK/jwj/JVCheck.asp?LM=D&KeyWord1=a&KWR=0&KeyWord2=
&chkMWWO=&FilterArea=[All
     Locations]                                  &FilterSIC=[All Business
Sectors]                  &FilterSalary=[All Salary Levels]
&FilterSOC=[All
     Occupations]                            )

this is not a valid url.  this is caused by your option tags not having any
values.  the browser defaults to sending the text values.  in your case
these have tons of white space inserted to space them out in width.

<option SELECTED>[All Business
Sectors]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</option>

try this instead:

<option value="" SELECTED>[All Business
Sectors]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</option>

and for the other options, try something like this:

<option value="Aeronautics/Ships">Aeronautics/Ships</option>

good luck,

.jeff

name://jeff.howden
game://web.development
http://www.evolt.org/
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