i'm very happy to report that in the end good old KFM (the KDE file manager with built-in browser functionality) prevailed and when i tried again after the URL had gotten to 4137 characters i am getting: *************************** Request-URI Too Large The requested URI's length exceeds the capacity limit for this server. request failed: URI too long -------------- Apache/1.3.4 Server at www.zope.org Port 80 ***************************** i hope it didn't crash anything... ;) jens Jens Vagelpohl Systems Administrator Washtenaw Development Council
-----Original Message----- From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Toby Dickenson Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 17:00 To: cfassnacht@ssc.wisc.edu Cc: zope@zope.org Subject: Re: [Zope] Simplifying complex contexts/urls
On Mon, 13 Sep 1999 19:09:16 -0400, you wrote:
2. There must be some limit on the length of the allowable url in the browser's display. What are the chances that an extended session of clicking around will run into that limit?
Who knows? I don't think the HTTP spec has a limit on URL length, it's probably implimentation defined.
Only 256 characters is _guaranteed_, but you seem to be able to get away with quite a bit more.
My only other data point is that Internet Explorer is unhappy after about 2000 characters. My current project is likely to be pushing this limit, so I would be interested if anyone has seen anything lower. http://www.zope.org/Members/htrd/urllen contains a quick test.
Thanks,
Toby Dickenson
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