- From: Rick Hudson <hudson@yough.oit.umass.edu>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 09:58:34 -0400
- To: uri@bunyip.com
>>>>> Someone said >> I think it is an arguement for the client and the server to agree on how >> long a URL will be and well-known limits is the easiest way to do >> that. Negotiating a length on each transaction is going to cost, and thus >> we probably want a fixed limit. I just can't help but think how much >> trouble we went through to increase the file name size in UNIX a few years >> ago... The current practice around here is to pass server environment information in the form of a (sometimes long) URL to the browser who passes it back so the server can rebuild the environment. One can do neat things like implement database query interfaces using this functionality. This is greatly complicated if we put an arbitray limit on URL lengths. - Rick
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