Re: Link Length problem under IE5.5?

There absolutely is a limit to the number of characters sent with "get":  I
don't have a reference at my fingertips,
but think its 255 characters.   In my understanding, there's no limit to the
amount of info in a post...



----- Original Message -----
From: tim booker <timbooker(at)btinternet.com>
To: Peter Benoit <pbenoit(at)triton-network.com>; 'Norman Bunn'
<norman.bunn(at)craftedsolutions.com>; <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 10:53 AM
Subject: RE: Link Length problem under IE5.5?


> Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there a limit to the number of
characters
> you can send using GET?
>
> Tim
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> > [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]On Behalf Of Peter Benoit
> > Sent: 30 August 2000 15:18
> > To: 'Norman Bunn'; hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> > Subject: RE: Link Length problem under IE5.5?
> >
> >
> > Yeah, show us the link. ;)
> >
> > *  -----Original Message-----
> > *  From: Norman Bunn [mailto:norman.bunn(at)craftedsolutions.com]
> > *  Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 9:28 AM
> > *  To: hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> > *  Subject: Link Length problem under IE5.5?
> > *
> > *
> > *  I have a link on a page that is dynamically populated from a
> > *  database.  The
> > *  link launches a perl program that interprets the passed data
> > *  from the link.
> > *  The link can get quite long and recently stopped working for
> > *  some users with
> > *  a large amount of passed data; they click on the link and
> > *  nothing happens.
> > *  Strangely enough, if you right-click on the link and choose
> > *  "open in new
> > *  window", it works fine.
> > *
> > *  I have been able to replicate the problem on a machine
> > *  running IE5.5 and NT.
> > *  However, it does not occur under IE5 (Win98), NS4.6 (Win98),
> > *  NS6PR2 (win98),
> > *  NS4.72 (NT),  NS6PR1 (NT).  Methinks I have an IE5.5 bug.
> > *
> > *  Any ideas?
> > *
> > *  Norman
> > *
> > *
> >
> >
>
>

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