Line and column in Javascript Error event attributes

Question

I've decided that there are some errors which I don't want to go to the browser error handler. But I still want to know about them. In my actual code I have a function which stores the errors in a hidden element and ajax submits them to a database. Following is a simplified version of my try block:

try
{
  newValueEvaled = eval(newValue);
}catch(err)
{
  alert("Error caught: Line " + err.lineNumber + ((err.columnNumber != undefined)?', Column:' + err.columnNumber:"") + '\n' + err.message);
}

I'd like the columnNumber too. Currently it is never there, but somehow the browser error console has access to it. Can anyone tell me how I can get access to it as well?

Answer 1

I'm almost certain it's not possible to get the error column number from JavaScript running in the page. Firebug/WebKit console/IE console has access to internal browser objects that provide more information about the call stack than is available to code running inside the page.