Why does my app work in IE 6.1 but not in Netscape 7.1

[mparab]

I have an app that when you click a link it opens a window that allows you to edit the record. Works perfect in IE 6.1, but in Netscape it opens the window but when you edit a record and click update to submit the record it close the window(like its suppose to) but doesn't update the record. But if I change the code so that the window doesn't close and refresh the opener, it works. What I want to do is update a record in the edit window and close it when update is clicked. The onclick event would then reload the opener and close itself.

Need Help!!!!!!!!!

M

[sid]

got some code for us?
i suppose it is a js issue - but thats really just a wild guess considering these infos provided

[mparab]

Take a look, i'm just gonna put up the javascript and the update function, the rest is just populating textboxes and stuff.

print"<td><input type=submit name=update value=Update language=\"javascript\" onclick=\"opener.location.reload(); self.close()\" ></td>";
print"</tr>";
print"</table>";
print"</form>";
}
}
}
//leaving out the names of databases just for my own pref
function update($up)
{print"UPDATE";
$db=@mysql_connect("") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("",$db)or die(mysql_error()) ;

//if($up[status]=='Normal')
// {
if($up[status]=='Normal')
{
mysql_query("UPDATE time_work
SET date='$up[date]',
status='$up[status]',
hours='$up[hours]',
project='$up[project]',
activity='$up[activity]',
rdproj='$up[rdproj]',
comments='$up[comments]'
WHERE id='$up[id]'",$db);
}
else
{
$sql = "INSERT INTO time_off (uname,date,status,hours,comments) VALUES (\"$up[uname]\", \"$up[date]\", \"$up[status]\", \"$up[hours]\",\"$up[comments]\")";
$select = "DELETE FROM time_work WHERE id='$up[id]'";
}
$result = mysql_query($sql)or die(mysql_error());
$res = mysql_query($select)or die(mysql_error());
unset($result);
unset($res);
mysql_close();
}
//if($up[status]!='Normal')
function time_off($up)
{print"TIME OFF";
$db=@mysql_connect("") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("",$db)or die(mysql_error()) ;

if($up[status]!='Normal')
{
mysql_query("UPDATE time_off
    	       SET date='$up[date]',
    	       status='$up[status]',
                   hours='$up[hours]',
                   comments='$up[comments]'
           	     WHERE id='$up[id]'",$db);
}
else
{
$sql = "INSERT INTO time_work (uname,date,status,hours,project,activity,rdproj,comments)

VALUES (\"$up[uname]\", \"$up[date]\", \"$up[status]\", \"$up[hours]\", \"$up[project]\", \"$up[activity]\", \"$up[rdproj]\",\"$up[comments]\")";
$select = "DELETE FROM time_off WHERE id='$up[id]'";
}
//}
$result = mysql_query($sql)or die(mysql_error());
$res = mysql_query($select)or die(mysql_error());
unset($result);
unset($res);
mysql_close();
}

?>

[drawmack]

try this:

1) run the program in netscape
2) in the other browser window type javascript:

however I think the sproblem is that javascript is parallel and jscript is not.

Try this refresh the page and put the code on the update page to close the window. This is better anyway cause with an automatic close you can't inform the user of data errors.

[mparab]

Hi, I dont' really understand your response.

What do you mean by:

1) run the program in netscape
2) in the other browser window type javascript:

The code I posted is from the update page of the program.

Does Netscape use JScript, because this works perfect in IE6.1 but I get nothing in Netscape.

I know Netscape is not a very good browser but one would think it would support the same stuff as IE

Thanks for all your help

M

[drawmack]

netscape uses the w3c recommended language of javascript, ie uses microsoft's version called jscript.

I recommend just doing a response page that closes the window because IE sucks and no other browser uses jscript.

If you're stuck on closing the window without a response page then to get is working in nutscrape use the nutscrape javascript debugger. To access this you type javascript: into the url bar.