IE6 Very Slow When Posting Large Form

[markwen]

Hi,

I was testing a web page with a very large form which includes more than 5000 editable fields or hidden fields. The form uses POST action, not GET.

When I tested the 'Submit' button to submit the form, it works nicely in Firefox, but not in IE6 - the page totally freezes for 2 minutes, then the submission is taking effect. It seems IE6 takes a long time to collect big form and submit data to the server.

I am not very experienced in dealing such kind of IE issue. Could anyone give me some workarounds or suggestions?

I cannot use Firefox or IE7 because most of the clients are using IE6.

Thanks in advance.

Mark

[Fang]

You have probably reached the buffer limit for IE6.
Options are to use paging; this, preferably, uses server side scripting to show and keep track of the form values.
Submitting blocks of the form with Ajax. Again server side scripting will be required.

Are all 5000 fields really necessary?

[markwen]

Hi Fang,

I agree that pagination does the job, but most of our clients prefer one form instead of multiple forms.

Yes, all fields are necessary to facilitate the calculations on the screen.

Anyway, I really appreciate your response. I think I will go for Ajax post.

Best Regards,
Mark