Hi all,
I would appreciate some guidance in the use of CGI::POST_MAX. I've listed a
snippet of relevant code below from my program to illustrate.
When reading in data fields from an HTML form, I want to limit the size of
the data accepted from a TEXTAREA box. I don't want to depend upon my ISPs
Hi,
On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, John wrote:
> The current incarnation of my script blows itself out of the water if the
> $user_body variable (the TEXTAREA source) is greater than 4K, for example.
> This is good.
>
> I would like to be able to capture and control the process so that I don't
> get rude
havior?
I ask because, while this change worked in my current program, I want to
more fully understand the working principles for my next system.
Thanks.
John--
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: August 23, 2001 13:20
To: John
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Subject: Re: CGI::POST_MAX use and control
Hi,
On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, John wrote:
> The current incarnation of my script blows itself out of the water if the
> $user_body variable (the TEXTAREA source) is greater than 4K, for example.
>
uot; )
Thanks.
John--
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From: Moon, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 2:22 PM
To: John
Cc: Beginners-CGI
Subject: RE: CGI::POST_MAX use and control
For myself I would prefer not to "abort" a script on this type of
> I'd thought of using JavaScript, but I'm sunk if the user has Jscript
turned
> off on their PC and I felt I wanted a little more surety on this being
> checked. I am going to re-visit the idea, however.never hurts to do
both,
never hurts to do both, your server will thank you for the les
Thursday, August 23, 2001 2:51 PM
To: John
Cc: Moon, John; Beginners-CGI
Subject: Re: CGI::POST_MAX use and control
> I'd thought of using JavaScript, but I'm sunk if the user has Jscript
turned
> off on their PC and I felt I wanted a little more surety on this being
> c
