[OPEN-ILS-DEV] bug in 1.6 client if very long 856?

[Mike Rylander]

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Dan Wells <dbw2 at calvin.edu> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have done some experiments and made some interesting findings.
>
> 1) to get around the massive error box, we have success with Tab-Tab-Tab-Space-Tab-Tab-Space :)  I think we are checking a box, then hitting ok, and there may be a simpler way, but that works.
>
> 2) This problem persists on 2.0.4 at least.
>
> 3) This problem is not tied to the 856 field.  Instead, in any field, if you insert the a percent sign, followed by any number, followed by an 'n', you get this error.  And this is not a late April Fools!
>
> 4) The error is entirely client side.  There are no errors on the server, and the record saves just fine.
>
> At this point I am hoping '%1n' (for example) rings somebody's bell, because the hole looks pretty deep from here.

Joe mentioned printf formatting sequences, but this also looks
suspiciously like url encoding.  I have no more thoughts at this
point, but we've got two avenues of attack now, it seems.

--miker

>
> Dan
>
>
>>>> On 5/6/2011 at 4:02 PM, Brian Feifarek <bfeifarek at q.com> wrote:
>
>> The community server at http://75.101.133.94 has 2.0.6 available if anybody
>> has the time to try the process there.
>> Brian
>>
>>> Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 12:26:50 -0400
>>> From: dan at coffeecode.net
>>> To: open-ils-dev at list.georgialibraries.org
>>> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] bug in 1.6 client if very long 856?
>>>
>>> To follow up on this:
>>> >
>>> Given that there are no 9/w/n subfields in the 856 fields, that leaves
>>> us with the possibility that the parentheses and ampersands and
>>> escaped characters in the URL are giving something in the ingest code
>>> fits. When I get a chance, I'll see if I can reproduce that problem in
>>> 2.0.6 using the same URLs as your record contains. (But it would be
>>> great if someone on 2.0.6 beat me to the punch!)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dan Scott
>>> Laurentian University
>>
>
>



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