On 2002-02-06 (Wednesday) at 05:20:26 -0800, William X Walsh wrote: > Wednesday, Wednesday, February 06, 2002, 4:33:33 AM, Charles Daminato wrote: > > > We USED to have all that information as part of the URL. But the > > length of the URL was so long that it broke, and we had to break > > out the components so people could enter it manually. > > Probably more because of the domain name or element name. > > https://site.opensrs.net/transfers/verify?rid=3424242&auth=1234567890abcdefg > > I made the values both small. > > Then all they have to do is enter in the domain name in the form, > much easier. Even shorten 'auth' to 'ac=', and the rid is usually > not 7 characters, and the auth password is only 10 characters, not > the 17 I used above.
There's no need to have the reseller code in the URL at all. Just store it in the database with the auth code (chances are it's already in there anyway), and look it up when the user goes to the URL. > I know, I know, I'm fighting a losing battle :) Hopefully not, I think it's a much better idea than the user having to enter stuff. It's the best way of minimising errors and means the end user has to do less work. Mark.
