[ic] committing admin changes takes "forever"

[Mike Heins]

Quoting Jon Jensen (jon@redhat.com):
> On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Orlando Andico wrote:
> 
> > Whenever I try to do something, e.g. add an item, after pressing the "ok"
> > button nothing happens. However pressing "stop" and going back to the
> > store shows that the commit had taken place.
> >
> > However, this behavior is quite annoying.
> >
> > I've noticed that the problem is there when using Interchange 4.8.3 +
> > Oracle or + PostgreSQL.
> >
> > I noticed that during this period of seeming inactivity, the "foundation"
> > program (a.k.a. vlist) is stuck in a read() loop.
> 
> What browser are you using? I never saw this problem before until I
> started using Mozilla 0.9.7, and now it happens when I do a save in the
> admin UI (with any IC version I've tried). No problems for me with any
> other browser, just Mozilla 0.9.7.
> 
> Looks like a Mozilla form post bug of some sort.
> 

That only applies to forms of type ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data". I have
seen the same thing myself with Mozilla 0.9.7.

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