Re: SOAP and the Web architecture

Exactly. Most (if not all) intermediaries impose limits on URI
length. It's not just origin servers and browsers out there...


On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 09:59:58AM -0400, Hugo Haas wrote:
> * Scott Cantor <cantor.2@osu.edu> [2001-08-27 23:47-0400]
> > > Arguable. What spec. restricts the complexity of data sent 
> > > through GET?
> > 
> > No spec, merely (nearly) every real world implementation.
> 
> Actually, I found some interesting text in RFC2616[1] which I would
> like to have more context about:
> 
>   10.4.15 414 Request-URI Too Long
>               
>    The server is refusing to service the request because the Request-URI
>    is longer than the server is willing to interpret. This rare condition
>    is only likely to occur when a client has improperly converted a POST
>    request to a GET request with long query information [..]
> 
> Maybe I am going to find some info about that in the references sent
> out by Larry.
> 
>   1. http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.4.15
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