OK, Thanks for your answer, The question is now; how can send a POST request
from the IMG tag?
I have been looking in the web for ways for doing this, but not luck yet...
Thanks in advance.
andres
"Christopher K. St. John" wrote:
> Andres Portillo wrote:
> >
> > This may be offtopic
> >
>
> No. It's a FAQ, but it's on topic :-)
>
> > it works fine until the parameters are too
> > long.
> >
>
> rfc2616 is the current HTTP spec. It talks about
> this in 3.2.1 General Syntax:
>
> 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 ought to be cautious about
> depending on URI lengths above 255 bytes,
> because some older client or proxy
> implementations might not properly support
> these lengths.
>
> A google search for "rfc2616" will get you the
> full text. It's a little dense, but it's not all
> that hard and anyone who works with the web ought
> to key a copy handy.
>
> > The question is if there's any way to workaround
> > this limit
> >
>
> Not in general if you want to stick with GET.
> If you're deploying into a controlled environment
> (like a corporate lan) you can probably get away
> with more than 255 bytes. Best not to depend on
> it, though.
>
> > maybe sending a POST instead of a GET
> >
>
> Yes.
>
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