It may very well be in the HTTP RFC for maximum length, but I'll bet you
dollars to donuts that many browsers won't support it up to that length. ;)
I've run into problems with IE 4 puking over a 512 chars. Browsers *should*
match the spec, but don't always. It's a pointless risk to take in a
project when you can gain the benefits of a post for zero cost in a JSP.
Doing any kind of insertion or other side-effect process on a get is a risky
proposition, anyway. User might bookmark the page or hit refresh, causing
your server-side action to take place again accidentally. As a general rule
of thumb with web stuff, you should use a post when the page is going to
cause side-effects of some kind. Use a get when the page is only going to
return information to the user (search, generate report, etc).
Mike
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Luis Javier Beltran
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the URL
It's an HTTP limitation, not just a browser limitation
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Donnelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: Limit on the length of a variable passed in the URL
> The real limitations on the size of a URL are in browsers, not JSP or the
> server. Different browsers will swallow URL's of different sizes. For
> something that hefty, I'd suggest POSTing it to avoid annoying edge
> conditions with browsers and proxies. It's just as easy to handle with
JSP.
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Yamijala, Kalyan
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 1:39 PM
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> Subject: [JSP-INTEREST] Limit on the length of a variable passed in the
> URL
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> Does anyone know if there is a limit on the length of a variable I can
pass
> to a JSP page in a URL. I have a feedback system and I am passing about 40
> line text as a variable in the URL. Does it work?
>
> Thank you
> Kalyan
>
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