I seem to recall, a ways back in time, that someone mentioned Arachne
limits the length of the URL string it will send. And someone else said
something could/would/couldn't be done about that.
I'm faced with the fact that I cannot use some of the web sites
otherwise usable [despite javascript] because of the length of the code
string that needs to be sent.
For instance, I'm trying to map my trip from Ohio to Maryland. It's
about 30-35 twists, turns, junctions, whatever depending upon the
mapping service I use. But I'm having poor results [and none in one
case] because a very precise string has to be sent to the server
database to create the route and then match up the maps to each change.
This one is 280 characters long. Arachne apparently isn't feeding the
whole thing to the server although it's complete in the html code.
Note: It's all one line in the html code, but I don't know what the
arachne editor or Insight would do if I left it that way.
<a href="http://www.mapblast.com/mblast/dDir.mb?CMD=PATH&IC=39.426665:
-84.212695:621:Lebanon%2c+OH:38.994833:-76.885732:620:Greenbelt%2c+MD
&OIC=39.426665:-84.212695:621:Lebanon%2c+OH&DIC=38.994833:-76.885732:
620:Greenbelt%2c+MD&OGAD3=Lebanon%2c+OH&DGAD3=Greenb&DU=MI&showman=1">
Show Step by Step Maps</a>
Without that data the site simply downloads the original page again.
:<
Of course, all my dreams of a finished version of Arachne may be wasted
if Michael gets drafted.
l.d.
-- Arachne V1.60;b1, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
