On 1/19/07, Brian Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Walter Underwood wrote:
> Use GET unless it really, really, really doesn't work. POST is
> the wrong HTTP semantic for fetching information. Long query
> strings are not a good enough reason. HTTP puts no limit on the
> length of a URL.
>
Walter, while your above statement may be true, some java app servers have
an issue with the length of URLs and truncate after a certain point. I ran
into this issue back in April.
Yep, and given that even Apache has limits (which most people use to
front dynamic content), using really large URLs is asking for trouble.
http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/misc/urllength.html
-Yonik
