[Zope] Simplifying complex contexts/urls

[Jens Vagelpohl]

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:

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Request-URI Too Large

The requested URI's length exceeds the capacity limit for this server.

request failed: URI too long

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Apache/1.3.4 Server at www.zope.org Port 80
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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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