"Yvan J. Gagnon" <yvan@ideasdesign.com> wrote in message
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> "Richard Hockey" <richardhockey@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message[/color]
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> > "Yvan J. Gagnon" <yvan@ideasdesign.com> wrote in message
> > news:cb4ee677.0307090927.4210df7d@posting.google.c om...[color=darkred]
> > > I am encountering a strange problem in Netscape 7 with a CFM file I am
> > > trying to troubleshoot (the page is working fine in NS Communicator
> > > and IE). Below is a sample of the problematic line of javascript code.
> > > Note that in the actual file, I've surrounded the variable
> > > '#cookie.cookiename#' with CFOUTPUT tags:
> > >
> > > document.write('<input type="Hidden" name="affiliate"
> > > value="#cookie.cookiename#">');
> > >
> > > When I load the document in Netscape 7, I get a CF Error message, like
> > > the #cookie.cookiename# variable isn't being replaced with the actual
> > > value (the cfoutput tags are being ignored).[/color]
> >[color=darkred]
> > >I suspect that it's a bug
> > > of some kind in NS 7's implementation of the document.write javascript
> > > function, and am hoping that there is some kind of workaround.[/color]
> >
> > Since you are getting a CF error message, it is unlikely the problem is[/color][/color]
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> > Netscape, since the CF is processed on the server before the page is[/color][/color]
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> > the browser. Is netscape affecting the cookie being set?
> >
> > Check the CF code that sets the cookie. If I remember correctly you[/color][/color]
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> > use the cflocation tag and set cookie values in the same script, this[/color][/color]
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> > be something to check for.
> >[color=darkred]
> > >Has
> > > anyone else encountered this problem? If so, is there a fix for it,
> > > and if so, what is it?
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > > -
yvan@ideasdesigninc.com[/color][/color]
>
>
> As I had implied, I suspect that this is an issue with Netscape's
> improper handling of the Javascript document.write function when
> combined with dynamic Cold Fusion content.
>
> When I view the document source code in Netscape 7, I see the
> beginning part of the javascript code, and then right where the
> variable is supposed to be displayed, I get something like the
> following:
>
> document.write('<input type="hidden" name="affiliate"
> value="</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
>
> (etc., etc., -- where the CF error message gets displayed.)
>
> What's strange is that the page is designed to have the affiliate
> value passed to it via the query string (ie:
> index.cfm?referrer=companyname). And when I pass a value to it in
> Netscape 7, the page loads fine (no errors), -- and loads fine
> afterwards, --- even when no value is passed to it via the query
> string. But as soon as I delete the cookie and try to access the page
> again without passing a value to it, I get the CF error message.
> Again, I do not get this behavior when accessing the page in IE, with
> our without a referrer being passed to it.
>
> - yvan[/color]
Oke, but still CF is being interpreted on the server... so CF doesn't
know about the javascript... What is the CF error??
Is there an extra # in the cookie variable?
