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#10664 closed bug (invalid)

Opened November 04, 2011 11:36AM UTC

Closed November 04, 2011 01:11PM UTC

Last modified March 14, 2012 07:49AM UTC

$.data throws "string.replace is not a function" on invalid input

Reported by: rodneyrehm Owned by:
Priority: low Milestone: None
Component: unfiled Version: 1.7
Keywords: Cc:
Blocked by: Blocking:
Description
$.data($(document.body), {test: 2}, 'yadda');

leads to »string.replace is not a function« on line 622. The given arguments (seeing name={} value='yadda') don't make much sense. $.data() should react accordingly. Either ignore 'yadda' or throw an error of its own. Identifying errors like the above is cumbersome.

A simple return; after Lines 1755 and 1773 could suffice.

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Changed November 04, 2011 01:11PM UTC by dmethvin comment:1

resolution: → invalid
status: newclosed
Identifying errors like the above is cumbersome.

True, but catching even a small subset of incorrect invalid arguments being passed to jQuery's methods would expand the code significantly. We aren't going to head down that road.

Changed November 04, 2011 01:35PM UTC by rwaldron comment:2

priority: undecidedlow

Changed November 04, 2011 09:45PM UTC by gnarf comment:3

I feel the need to point out that there is a MUCH bigger error here...

$.data( $(document.body) ) 
will store data on the jQuery collection object, not the DOM element underneath it. I think you might of meant
 $.data( document.body, .... )