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Re: XML in IE 5.0
From: mike () HYPERREAL ORG (Mike Brown)
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 07:12:17 -0800
David Komanek wrote:
I'm just playing with XML around and have noticed strange behavior of MS Internet Explorer 5.0 : - if I let the MS IE display SMALL xml-file, everything seems to be O.K. - if I let the MS IE display A BIT BIGGER xml-file, everything goes wrong [symptoms of a memory leak, Microsoft bad, etc]
IE 5.0 uses an XML parser written by Datachannel.com. Have you tested your file with this parser outside of the context of IE 5.0? You can download a standalone version of the MSXML parser from msdn.microsoft.com, and you can get Datachannel's version from datachannel.com. Have you tested your file with a validating parser that's actually useful, like IBM XML4J aka Apache Xerces? The reason I ask is, you should try to rule out the possibility that errors in your file and/or DTD might be causing the parser in IE5 to get confused. If you find errors with XML4J, fix them, and IE5 is then able to load your document, then you will have to revise your diagnosis of the size of the file being the only factor. I have not had any problems with IE 5.0 loading 2000+ line XSL files, personally, as long as they were well-formed XML and their DTDs did not contain errors. However I would strongly suggest not relying on the MSXML/Datachannel parser for any serious validation. Their implementation is not 100% conformant and the error reporting in the browser varies in a range from moderately helpful all the way down to completely wrong or misleading. I also don't see what this potential bug in the parser has to do with computer security.
Current thread:
- Re: XML in IE 5.0 Mike Brown (Jan 13)
- Re: XML in IE 5.0 Mikael Olsson (Jan 13)
- Re: XML in IE 5.0 Mike Brown (Jan 13)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: XML in IE 5.0 Ryan Russell (Jan 14)
- Re: XML in IE 5.0 Brian Behlendorf (Jan 17)
- Re: XML in IE 5.0 David LeBlanc (Jan 18)
- Re: XML in IE 5.0 Jesper M. Johansson (Jan 19)
- Re: XML in IE 5.0 Brian Behlendorf (Jan 17)
- Re: XML in IE 5.0 Darren Reed (Jan 17)
- Re: XML in IE 5.0 Jesper M. Johansson (Jan 19)
- SubSeven 2.1a (trojan) Andrew Griffiths (Jan 19)
- Re: XML in IE 5.0 David LeBlanc (Jan 20)
- Re: XML in IE 5.0 Mikael Olsson (Jan 13)