Re: mailer-taglib v1.1 error when changing database

Philip

It seems that there is no validation on ae.getPos( ), may be it's beyond
ref.length( )

When you change the database, the data changes, so the problem occurs.

Just a hunch.

Regards,
Navas


On 5/2/07, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Philip,
> >
> > I haven't worked with the mailer-taglib, but I'm familiar with other
> > taglibs and some basic concepts of taglibs and also the specific error
> > you are getting, I'm not sure if I can help but I'll try.
> >
> > It would be useful for us to see relevant snippets of code that causes
> > this error, in order to diagnose the problem.
> >
> > Please post the section between
> >       <mt:send>
> >
> >       </mt:send>
> >
> > and also post any other code that you think is relevant.
> >
> > According to the documentation
> >
> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/StringIndexOutOfBoundsException.html
> > this error java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out
> > of range: -1 is caused when "..... indicate that an index is either
> > negative or greater than the size of the string."
> >
> > And the above error is occurring when the substring method is invoked
> > on something in
> > org.apache.taglibs.mailer.SendTag.doStartTag(SendTag.java:265)
> >
> > Looking at line 265 of SendTag.java would give additional clues.
> >
> > -Regards
> > Rashmi
> >
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> Hi Rashmi,
>
> Thanks for your interest:
>
> as follows is info as requested. It is odd because it is exactly same code
> as when I use dummy database, which works. I have verified correct mysql
> parameters however will look into what the database is actually pulling up
> and see if there are problems there.
> thanks
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> block of code around 265:sendtag.java
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>                 // check for more than one address
>                 if (ref.indexOf(',') != -1) {
>                     // position of the start of the error inducing address
>                     int pos = ref.substring(0, ae.getPos()).indexOf(',') +
> 1;
>                     // extract the error inducing address
>                     ref = ref.substring(pos, ref.indexOf(','));
>                 }
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> mt code:
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> <mt:mail server="mail.strangecargo.org.uk"
> to="[email protected]" authenticate="true"
> user="[email protected]" password="xxxxxxxx" subject="Strange
> Cargo Newsletter" >
>
> <c:forEach var="subs" items="${subscribers.rows}" varStatus="status">
> <mt:addrecipient type ="bcc">${subs.subscriberemail}</mt:addrecipient>
> </c:forEach>
>
> <mt:from>[email protected]</mt:from>
> <mt:message type="html">
> ${testhere}</mt:message>
> <mt:send/>
> </mt:mail>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> mt info:
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> to: is populated
> bcc: is populated with correct mysql parameters
>
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