constant jscript 404 errors

[piker]

In my cpanel error logs I have always found constant 404 errors pointing to the file:/modules/pages/product_info/jscript_textarea_counter.js
This has happened in both 1.3.8 and 1.3.9 Zen Cart versions. Could someone please point me in the right direction to fix this problem? Or is it just customers putting in Search Strings that are too long? If this is the case, how do I go about increasing the value? Thanks.

[piker]

I'm trying to work out why i'm getting so many 404 errors in my cPanel error log. They all point to:/includes/modules/pages/product_info/jscript_textarea_counter.js

Here is the code for the current 1.3.9c js file:

/* javascript function to update form field
 *  field        form field that is being counted
 *  count        form field that will show characters left
 *  maxchars     maximum number of characters
*/
function characterCount(field, count, maxchars) {
  var realchars = field.value.replace(/\t|\r|\n|\r\n/g,'');
  var excesschars = realchars.length - maxchars;
  if (excesschars > 0) {
        field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxchars);
        alert("Error:\n\n- You are only allowed to enter up to"+maxchars+" characters.");
    } else {
        count.value = maxchars - realchars.length;
    }
} 

Shouldn't line 10 say:

field.value = field.value.substring(0, excesschars); 

? I'm no code-pro, so I need confirmation on this.Cheers.

[DrByte]

"404 Not Found" means ... the file was not found. ie: it's not on your server.
It would follow that uploading the missing file would stop the not-found condition, thus stopping the errors.

Additionally, normally there would be an "/includes/" in front of the folder path that you quoted.

[piker]

Sorry about that, I left the " includes/" off the description. The .js file is there alright, so I don't know whats going on. There was a hacker trying all sorts of rubbish on the Site today though. Maybe he was typing code into the Search box - is that possible? I've denied his IP now so I guess i'll just keep an eye on the logs and see what happens. Cheers.

[DrByte]

That file is not connected with the search funtionality in any way. It's used only to control text input in textarea fields on the product_info page.