261574 - Error message "An error occurred while evaluating the expression" is returned when opening the linked web page

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 261586

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Jim Pivonka]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040910 MSIE
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040910 MSIE

Here is a copy of the error message.  I have attempted to persuade the site
manager that it is their problem, and not a Mozilla problem, but have not
suceeded yet.

Error Occurred While Processing Request

Error Diagnostic Information

An error occurred while evaluating the expression:

 Var = Mid("#Source#",ST+Eposition,(ET-(ST+Eposition))) 

Error near line 135, column 9.

Parameter 3 of function Mid which is now "-78" must be a non-negative integer

The error occurred while processing an element with a general identifier of
(CFRETHROW), occupying document position (171:11) to (171:21) in the template
file E:\SOJONET\FBX_FUSEBOX30_CF45.CFM.

Date/Time: 09/25/04 14:07:07
Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3)
Gecko/20040910 MSIE
Remote Address: 63.13.224.233
Query String:
action=news.display_archives&mode=current_opinion&article=CO_040818_berger


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Using a current Mozilla build, 
2.  Attempt to open the following web page
3.      http://www.sojo.net



Actual Results:  
Error Occurred While Processing Request

Error Diagnostic Information

An error occurred while evaluating the expression:

 Var = Mid("#Source#",ST+Eposition,(ET-(ST+Eposition))) 

Error near line 135, column 9.

Parameter 3 of function Mid which is now "-78" must be a non-negative integer

The error occurred while processing an element with a general identifier of
(CFRETHROW), occupying document position (171:11) to (171:21) in the template
file E:\SOJONET\FBX_FUSEBOX30_CF45.CFM.

Date/Time: 09/25/04 15:23:44
Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3)
Gecko/20040910 MSIE
Remote Address: 63.13.224.233



Expected Results:  
The software should have returned the web page I was attempting to access.

This is the only web page that has returned this error message, so it might be
considered a minor bug, except that there is no work around.

This error affects all attempts to link to materials at the site
http://www.sojo.net and to the site itself.

It is a long standing error, the condition has existed through multiple Mozilla
builds, and over a period of about a year, when attempting to access the site,
so it might be considered a site error, not a Mozilla error.  However, the site
has asserted in correspondence that they are strongly commited to supporting
Mozilla.

The site claims  that some Mozilla users are not reporting this error - if true
this might indicate that there is some unidentifiable configuration issue within
individual installations of Mozilla that causes the problem.   

However, I just installed Mozilla 1.7.3, and have made no changes to its basic
configuration since then.  The only change made to prior versions was at the
direction of site administration at one of my banks, in order to make it
possible to use Mozilla to access the bank website.  I do not remember the
procedure, or the file which was modified, but it involved specifying "Windows"
on one line of what I recall as a configuration file.

Comment 1

[Bill Mason]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 261586 ***