Thanks, Peter.  Guess that explains why works on other browsers, but not
IE5.5.  Funny that the "Open in New Window" doesn't have the same
limitation.

I may need to change this to a form with a button, but would like to know
what the limit is, so I could run some tests in perl and post the answer
here.

Norman

----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Benoit <pbenoit(at)triton-network.com>
To: 'Nik Krimm, Chicago USA' <nik.biz(at)krimm.net>; tim booker
<timbooker(at)btinternet.com>; 'Norman Bunn'
<norman.bunn(at)craftedsolutions.com>; <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 2:02 PM
Subject: RE: Link Length problem under IE5.5?


> Actually there has always been a limit of just over 4000 chars since as
far
> back as I can remember.  I did some testing, and found the answer with at
> least my version of IE5.5 there is a max of 2053 characters which can be
> contained in a querystring.  Otherwise the link just stops working.
>
> If you have Cold Fusion at your disposal, you can try the following and
see
> if you get similar results.  No warranties that this works, I just whipped
> it up quickly to find the answer for myself.  Use it at your own risk.
>
> <cfif IsDefined('url.s')>
> <cfoutput>
> s=#url.s#<br>
> </cfoutput>
> <cfelse>
> Not Defined<br>
> </cfif>
>
> <cfset tmp = "y">
> <cfset arg = "x">
> <cfloop index="x" from=2 to=2051>
> <cfset arg = tmp & arg>
> </cfloop>
> <cfoutput>Querystring length (minus 2): #Len(arg)#</cfoutput>
> <p>remember that the "s=" counts as 2 chars</p>
> <p><a href="that.cfm?s=<cfoutput>#arg#</cfoutput>">click to test</a></p>
>
> -P
>
>
>
> *  -----Original Message-----
> *  From: Nik Krimm, Chicago USA [mailto:nik.biz(at)krimm.net]
> *  Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 1:49 PM
> *  To: tim booker; Peter Benoit; 'Norman Bunn'; hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> *  Subject: 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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