On May 9, 10:30=A0am, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedE...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
> jerm wrote:
> > I am using ajax to update a form. =A0I call xmlHttp.open("GET",
strURL,
> > false).
>
> > The problem is that strURL is a really long string and it seems that
> > javascript craps out on this long string giving me an unspecified
> > error.
>
> Chances are that your crappy user agent and its API are the problem, not
> "javascript". =A0For example, MSIE is known to sup****t only 2083
character=
s
> per URI:http://sup****t.microsoft.com/kb/208427
>
> > I decided to test my theory and created a generic function to
> > pass over my url string and sure enough javascript dies with the same
> > error.
>
> Which error?
>
> > I figured one way around it was to split my string into an
> > array and then join it up again but xmlHttp.open is not a method or
> > object I wrote, so I cant easily manipulate it.
>
> It would not help you anyway. =A0The URI needs to be complete in an HTTP
> request. =A0Read RFCs 1945 and 2616.
>
> > Any thoughts on a way around this?
>
> As you cannot prevent people from using crappy UAs, and you cannot
expect
> the vendor of this particular crappy UA to get reasonable in no time, if
> that, make a POST request instead.
>
> PointedEars
> --
> Anyone who slaps a 'this page is best viewed with Browser X' label on
> a Web page appears to be yearning for the bad old days, before the Web,
> when you had very little chance of reading a do***ent written on another
> computer, another word processor, or another network. -- Tim Berners-Lee
You are correct thomas, I ended up just breaking down my url and
sending it in pieces. Thanks for your help!!!
jerm
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