Intermittent document.body is null error in _fnBrowserDetect() function
Intermittent document.body is null error in _fnBrowserDetect() function
msmolyak
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The DataTables 1.9.4 table frequently fails to load in my application with an error
TypeError: document.body is null
on line 4934 on the unminified JS file. This is the line
document.body.appendChild(n)
in _fnBrowserDetect() function.
The error only happens on specific machines - I could not replicate it in my environment although I am using the same version of the browser as the users (Firefox 17.0.5). It only happens occasionally, probably 1 out of 3 times the page with the table loads.
What might cause this error?
Thank you,
Michael
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Answers
I've not come across this before, but might the table be getting initialised before the DOM is ready?
Allan
I suspect this might be the case. I am looking at adding RequireJS DomReady plugin to avoid such a possibility.
Thank you for your reply.
Michael