> Arachne chokes downloading the page because it is STILL limited to a
>relative short string [compared to strings used by search engines, etc]
>for URLs. When a URL exceeds that limited string length, Arachne won't
>work. Normally this problem only occurs when trying to search or using
>a "generated link" while surfing, so instead of a lock-up it's just one
>more thing Arachne won't do. In the case of the page though, it appears
>the string length was exceeded and Arachne had no error routine built in
>to handle that particular circumstance. Thus Arachne froze.
Well, we've asked, and as far as I know not been told why search engines
(such as the one from Atomz.com at http://switch.to/arachne) cause problems.
The Falwell page doesn't cause the problem offline -- try saving
http://www.wymondhamleics.freeserve.co.uk/test/original.htm
and removing the <!-- and --> comment tags around the table marked
with Arachne comments.
Regards,
Sore-eyed Jake
