Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Mel Smith" Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: Misspelling Can Bite You Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:28:19 -0700 Lines: 22 Message-ID: <9pagtqFvc2U1@mid.individual.net> References: <9p5i9vFn1kU1@mid.individual.net> X-Trace: individual.net 1v3gIBsAj9M3hw4SKwlZNwEn539oTw3Of/SVQnqEo2o/qdJXww Cancel-Lock: sha1:hLjftPyNSXRDz0kvD1yJJGBIGiw= X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.javascript:11209 Dr. J said: >> >> var rgn = document.getElementById("iselectrgn") ; >> var rgnopts = rgn.getElementsByTagname("option") ; >> >> Because I *thought* I had checked the statements thoroughly, I looked >>everywhere *after* this set, and finally went back and checked them again >>letter-by-letter, and then ... > > Readily found by Firefox/Opera/Safari Error Console, Chrome JavaScript > Console, and by an IE8 pop-up, though. Yes, I use IE 7 on my dev machine, and 'once-in-a-while' (when I'm nearing the production stage) I check out the appearance on Chrome and FF. However, I didn't *this* time and spent a couple of confusing and frustrating hours tracking down this 'devil'. -Mel Smith