I am using ajax to update a form. I 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. 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. 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.
> I am using ajax to update a form. I 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. 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. 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.
> Any thoughts on a way around this?
> Regards, > Jeremiah
Have you tried using POST as your method? Not sure it would help but you can also send the parameter string in the send method, rather than appending to the url and sending one huge url:
Just some things to think about. I have not run into a scenario where I was sending a url string longer than 255 characters, so I'm sorry I can't be of more assistance.
jerm wrote: > I am using ajax to update a form. I 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". For example, MSIE is known to support only 2083 characters per URI: http://support.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. The URI needs to be complete in an HTTP request. Read 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 document written on another computer, another word processor, or another network. -- Tim Berners-Lee
> jerm wrote: > > I am using ajax to update a form. I 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". For example, MSIE is known to support only 2083 characters > per URI:http://support.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. The URI needs to be complete in an HTTP > request. Read 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 document 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
