[Javascript] how big can a text box be.--CAN IT HANDLE OVER 5 00 CHARACTERS????

Scott.Wiseman site at avidware.com
Tue Mar 19 15:18:22 CST 2002


here is the code that gets all the changes from the form
and stores them into logline var...
logline var only holds 255 chars...


//==========================================================================
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//==========================================================================
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//=Loop through the start array and then compare it against the end array
============
//==========================================================================
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//==========================================================================
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function WhatHasChanged()
{

   var logline ;
   logline=' ';
   endvals = new Array();   //data from db
//=============================================
// Collect end values before database update
//=============================================     
for ( i=0; i <myform.elements.length; i++ ) 
  {
    switch(myform.elements[i].type)
       {
         case "checkbox" :
           {
	         endvals[myform.elements[i].name] =
myform.elements[i].checked;
	         break;
	         
           }
	      case "text" :
     	    {       
            endvals[myform.elements[i].name] = myform.elements[i].value  ;
            break;
           }
	      case "select-one" :
     	    {       
            endvals[myform.elements[i].name] = myform.elements[i].value  ;
            break;
           }
           default:
           break;
      }  
  }   
//===================================================
// Test for Change on text,drop down and check boxes
//===================================================     
   for ( i=0; i<myform.elements.length; i++ )  // test for change
   {

       switch(myform.elements[i].type)
       {
        case "checkbox" :
        {
        
          if( startvals[myform.elements[i].name] !=
endvals[myform.elements[i].name] )
          {
			     logline = logline + 'Field:
'+myform.elements[i].name + '- '+ startvals[myform.elements[i].name] + '/'+
endvals[myform.elements[i].name]  +', '
      	        alert('chkbox '+logline);
   	        
   	       }
   	      break; 
   	    }  
        case "text" :
        { 
          if( startvals[myform.elements[i].name] !=
endvals[myform.elements[i].name] )
           { 
      	        logline = logline + 'Field: '+myform.elements[i].name + '-
'+ startvals[myform.elements[i].name] + '/'+
endvals[myform.elements[i].name]  +', '
            alert('txt '+logline);

           }
          break; 
        } 
        case "select-one" :
        { 
        
          if( startvals[myform.elements[i].name] !=
endvals[myform.elements[i].name] )
           { 
      	        logline = logline + 'Field: '+myform.elements[i].name + '-
'+ startvals[myform.elements[i].name] + '/'+
endvals[myform.elements[i].name]  +', '
            alert('slt '+logline);

           }
           break;
        } 
        
    
            
      }  // switch
   } //for
   document.myform.logline.value = logline;
   return true
} //function
//==========================================================================
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//==========================================================================
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//==========================================================================
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-----Original Message-----
From: Scott.Wiseman [mailto:site at avidware.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 1:14 PM
To: 'javascript at LaTech.edu'
Subject: RE: [Javascript] how big can a text box be.--CAN IT HANDLE OVER
5 00 CHARACTERS????


are you adding it to the head part

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META NAME="GENERATOR" Content="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
	<script src="/testing/javascripts/comboboxes.js"></script>
	<script src="/testing/javascripts/address.js"></script>
	<script src="/testing/javascripts/utils.js"></script>
	<script src="/testing/javascripts/updateoffice2.js"></script>
	<script src="/testing/javascripts/checkdate.js"></script>

</HEAD>

it will only send 500 chars

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott.Wiseman [mailto:site at avidware.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 1:02 PM
To: 'javascript at LaTech.edu'
Subject: RE: [Javascript] how big can a text box be.--CAN IT HANDLE OVER
5 00 CHARACTERS????


are you talking about setting the charset to something
more then it is and this will give me more then the charset
that I have right now...?

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Josiah Gordon [mailto:jgordon at directfile.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 12:36 PM
To: javascript at LaTech.edu
Subject: RE: [Javascript] how big can a text box be.--CAN IT HANDLE OVER
500 CHARACTERS????


Try uploading to this page:
http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/direct.html

12,957 chars worked for me... I thought the limit was pretty high (at least
1 meg). ASP gurus probably know the exact answer to your question.


HTH,

Josiah Gordon

-----Original Message-----
From: javascript-admin at LaTech.edu [mailto:javascript-admin at LaTech.edu]On
Behalf Of Scott.Wiseman
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 12:20 PM
To: 'javascript at LaTech.edu'
Subject: RE: [Javascript] how big can a text box be.--CAN IT HANDLE OVER
500 CHARACTERS????




-----Original Message-----
From: Scott.Wiseman [mailto:site at avidware.com]
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 5:09 PM
To: 'javascript at LaTech.edu'
Subject: [Javascript] how big can a text box be.


sql can handle 8,000 chars
but html/javascript
does not seem to send that much to the ado/asp,vbscript code

any clues
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