Re: Link Length problem under IE5.5?

Wow -- that's one hell of a link.  There is a limit to the length of a GET
posting method, though I don't think that it is set in stone - it depends on
the operating system, since the data goes into the environment ... and the
environment is limited in size, and some OS's may limit the size of
individual variables in the environment.  I think it is a no-brainer that
the length of the query string is at least a part of the reason for any
trouble.

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----- 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 11:53 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?
>
> > *  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.

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