99628 - Javascript causes mozilla to crash when it completes its function.

Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME

(Core :: JavaScript Engine, defect)

Description

[Daniel]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:0.9.2) Gecko/20010726
Netscape6/6.1
BuildID:    200108110

A javascript on this form page crashes Mozilla every time. I've tested it in
Netscape 6.1 and it doesn't seem to have the problem. The script is found at the
"Problem Description" part of the form. The script is supposed to just tally the
number of characters used and then warn the person when you have reached 300.
Just clicking inside of the field will eventually give crash your systme. 

This leads me to believe that Mozilla has a problem handling the function
associated with the onFocus. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to the URL: http://www.washburn.edu/its/docs/forms/PurchaseForm.htm
2.Place curser inside the text box below "Problem Description"
3.Should crash browser after about 10 or 15 seconds, with or without typing

Actual Results:  Just placing the curser inside the text box for "Problem
Description" crashes Mozilla

Expected Results:  The script should just calculate the number of characters
inside the one text field

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Worksforme (apart from the crappy design of the script that makes it eat up CPU
like mad) current linux cvs build.

Daniel, could you please try a recent build?  Yours is pretty old...

Comment 2

[David Illsley]

WFM Win2k 20010912

Comment 3

[Phil Schwartau]

No problems using Mozilla trunk and 0.9.4-branch binaries 2001-09-10 WinNT. 
Marking WORKSFORME -

Comment 4

[Phil Schwartau]

Marking Verified - 

[e-mail]: could you try a current build and see if the 
problem still occurs for you? If so, please reopen this bug; thanks -

Comment 5

[Daniel]

Javascript problem is solved by using the win32 0.9.4+ build.