With POST I don't know any size restrictions. We have used post requests to upload several hundred KBytes.
With GET there are size restrictions which are limited by the browser, the http server and sometimes even by the proxies between the browser and your web server. The limit is typically a few thousend bytes. What you are doing is a GET. To do a post from HTML/JavaScript you need a form with method="post". The data you want to send must be a value of a input field (not part of the action url, that has the same limitations as the GET method). References: Microsoft IE: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q208/4/27.ASP A general statement: http://www.phpbuilder.com/mail/phplib-list/2000081/0001.php >From the HTTP 1.1 Spec: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2068.html: The HTTP protocol does not place any a priori limit on the length of a URI. Servers MUST be able to handle the URI of any resource they serve, and SHOULD be able to handle URIs of unbounded length if they provide GET-based forms that could generate such URIs. A server SHOULD return 414 (Request-URI Too Long) status if a URI is longer than the server can handle (see section 10.4.15). Note: Servers ought to be cautious about depending on URI lengths above 255 bytes, because some older client or proxy implementations might not properly support these lengths. > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Sonia Galilea Varea [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 15. November 2001 10:57 > An: Tomcat Users List > Betreff: HTTP POST request: maximum allowed data? > > > Hi all, > > I have to tranfer data from a html form to a servlet, by > using the HTTP POST > request. > > I do it by javascript: > > myWin = window.open("../servlet/myServlet?query="+myQuery); > > I wonder what's the maximum allowed data to send with a POST > command. And the > GET? > I had a look in the RFC but didn't find any size limitation. > But there is one, > because I get an exception > if my URL is too large... > > Is there a way to setup the web server (I'm currently using Tomcat > standalone 3.2.1) to accept more data? > > Thanks for any info. > > Sonia. > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
