thanks people

-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Nath [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, 19 March 2003 11:06 AM
To: CFAussie Mailing List
Subject: [cfaussie] RE: URL string


"
Certain servers and browsers can not pass more than 255 characters through
the URL. The W3C proposed HTTP 1.1 standards
(http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2068/rfc2068)
that state there is no URL character limit, however, 255 bytes/characters is
the standard limit across older browsers and HTTP servers. Quoting from the
HTTP 1.1 standards document:

The HTTP protocol does not place any a priori limit on the length of
a URI. Servers MUST be able to handle the URI of any resource they
serve, and SHOULD be able to handle URIs of unbounded length if they
provide GET-based forms that could generate such URIs. A server
SHOULD return 414 (Request-URI Too Long) status if a URI is longer
than the server can handle (see section 10.4.15).

Note: Servers should be cautious about depending on URI lengths
above 255 bytes, because some older client or proxy implementations
may not properly support these lengths.
"


hth
joel

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Knott,
Brian
Sent: Wednesday, 19 March 2003 11:53
To: CFAussie Mailing List
Subject: [cfaussie] URL string


What is the limit on the number of characters that can be passed on the URL
string

Brian Knott
QANTM Studio
Senior Database Developer
Ph (07) 30174331
Mob 0407572127


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