On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 18:26:38 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 06:28:20 -0400 (EDT), Klaus Hameyer wrote:

>> On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 06:56:57 -0400 (EDT), Klaus Hameyer wrote:

>>>> At http://realestate.boston.com/homes/?tab=newengland
>>>> when one clicks on the single family homes box and changes from
>>>> "New England" to "Vermont", in both Opera and Netscape, a search
>>>> is done which produces the listings.

>>>> Following the same procedure in ARACHNE 1.71UE, there appears to be
>>>> a search which then produces a result of "nothing found"....

>>>> Now, is this behavior likely to be a function of the web site
>>>> or of the way Arachne handles it?

>> Glenn wrote:

>>> There, Found it. :))
>>> Change the "No limit" section to some other $ value.

>> Hello Glenn -

>> Thank you for taking the time to check this out and for the work-around.

>> However, getting the info was not the issue, I can get it with Netscape
>> or Opera. The larger question is: why does Arachne behave differently
>> from these browsers and produce a misleading result. That was the
>> thought that I wanted to leave you with.

> Clarence,
> Are you listening ? ;-)

> The problem is ....... %20 :(

> "No limit" becomes "No%20limit" in the URL.

> Yes, folks.
> Clarence told me about this problem almost a year ago.

> Now that I have a site where it is causing probems.
> Maybe I can fix it.

> You *can* rest assured of one thing.

> I *will* try.

Correction.

The problem was *not* "%20" after-all.

Here's the problem.

<!--Maximum price--><option value="" selected>No limit

When Arachne encounters an "empty value tag".

She is placeing the 'text' into the value.

The URL becomes..... "max_price=No%20limit"

The correct URL is.... "max_price="

As before... I will try to fix this.

I will also keep trying to fix the "%20 bug"

I *do* know that such a bug exists in Arachne....

But I need URLs of sites where it causes problems.

I can't fix it if I can't test it. ;-)


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