15 Sep
1999
15 Sep
'99
9 p.m.
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