lynx-dev GuestWorld Guestbook Crashes Lynx 2.8rev.3

[Bob Pfeifer]

I'm having problems viewing a Guestworld guestbook using Lynx 2.8 rev.3.
Clicking on the forms submit button for viewing the next 10 messages
(or previous 10 messages or go to message number ___) crashes Lynx
with either a signal 11 error followed by an abort or my a memory fault
error.  It seems that this is caused by the large number of messages
in the list (1437) since I do not get a crash on other message boards
that only have a few hundred messages.

Bob

Relevant Screen Captures:


                            John Cowan Guestbook

   [ Messages deleted... ]
     _________________________________________________________________
   
   [IMAGE(next 10)]-Submit  <<<<-------- Clicked on this
   John Cowan's Official Website
   
                               SEARCH THE WEB
                                      
   ____________________
   Search Lycos Powered 
   
   [IMAGE(previous 10)]-Submit
   Current Record Range
   Displayed is 1437 to 1428
   Enter a Record Number
   ______ Go!
   Total No. of Guests 1437
     _________________________________________________________________


A Fatal error has occurred in Lynx Ver. 2.8rel.3

Please notify your system administrator to confirm a bug, and
if confirmed, to notify the lynx-dev list.  Bug reports should
have concise descriptions of the command and/or URL which causes
the problem, the operating system name with version number, the
TCPIP implementation, and any other relevant information.

Do NOT mail the core file if one was generated.

Lynx now exiting with signal:  11

Abort (core dumped)

[ Also can get a "memory fault (core dumped)" on crashing ]


Lynx Version 2.8rel.3

File that you are currently viewing

   Linkname: The Cowan Message Board
        URL: http://saturn.guestworld.tripod.lycos.com/wgb/wgbview.dbm?owner=
             CowanGuests
    Charset: iso-8859-1 (assumed)
     Server: Microsoft-IIS/4.0
       Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 16:27:25 GMT
   Owner(s): None
       size: 222 lines
       mode: forms mode
          
Link that you currently have selected

   Linkname: [IMAGE]-Submit
     Method: POST
    Enctype: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
     Action: http://saturn.guestworld.tripod.lycos.com/wgb/wgbview.dbm?owner=
             CowanGuests&lang=default&place=guestbook%20server6&approved=0

Code for above link:

        <form method="post" name="form1"
                action="/wgb/wgbview.dbm?owner=CowanGuests&amp;lang=default&
                        place=guestbook%20server6&approved=0">
                <td align="center">
                <input type="hidden" name="list" value=4609495,4609473,4608524,
                     ,[1430 numbers deleted here],943012,943011,943010,943009>
                <input type="hidden" name="tot_unapproved" value=0>
                <input type="hidden" name="first" value=1>
                <input type="hidden" name="totalguests" value=1437>
                <input type="hidden" name="startrow" value=11>
                <input type="hidden" name="pointer" value=0>
                <INPUT TYPE="IMAGE" name= submit SRC="../gif/next10.gif" 
                   BORDER="0"ALIGN="ABSMIDDLE">
                </td>
        </form>

[...]

(The above HTML code segment was orignally 11,732 bytes long with all
 the data in "list")

Note:  Other Guestworld guestbooks with fewer message entries (100-300)
do not crash Lynx when retrieving the next group of messages.


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