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I get truncated responses on the client side while transferring back a javascript array (literal) to the client. I was wondering if there is a size limit for the response. Suggestions on how to handle this problem are very welcome.

On the client side I evaluate the response:

var r = eval(response.firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue);

on the server side an array is sent back :

Error: unterminated string literal Source File: Line: 144, Column: 3530 Source Code: [['f1','13/03/2012 12:55:18','4543634952F01129AD7D0414855DBC52', ['2006','mir','note','pachet','pdf']], ['f10','13/03/2012 12:55:18','turnbull-taggin_music_sound-aslp2008', ['autotagging','missing','note','pdf']], ... ['f35','13/03/2012 12:55:18','ECML2001',['2001','note','pdf','syno
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    no size limits that i know of, just time to process the request and return the value, paste some of your code plz. Commented Mar 13, 2012 at 12:49
  • I updated the question to better explain. The error is on the client, the array is send by the server. Commented Mar 13, 2012 at 13:00
  • Use a debugger such as Firebug to see the whole response prior to processing. See what you get. Commented Mar 13, 2012 at 13:44
  • what about your client side code? there's nothing wrong with your server side code Commented Mar 13, 2012 at 17:56
  • The server just send an array that is evaluated on the client side. As the response is truncated, I get an error. I am still investigating the problem. I found the response was truncated after 4096 characters. Does it ring a bell ? Commented Mar 14, 2012 at 10:54

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I can answer my own question. The problem is browser-specific and due to a limitation in Firefox. In short, Firefox limits the size of XML nodes to 4k and splits the original value over multiple child nodes.

Mode details here : http://www.coderholic.com/firefox-4k-xml-node-limit/.

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