Re: WebCat 4 crashes WebStar / Shownext Links
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 36960
interpreted = N
texte = >Or you can use [searchstring] AS IT WAS DESIGNED and not worry about >it. [searchstring] returns EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DO THE SEARCH. >That includes start= and max= if you included them in the original >search because you were going to be using [shownext]. It alsoYes, I agree with that, and in fact, that is just what I had on _all_ of my shownext links; I never included the erroneous command=search, but had other completely unnecessary variables. Thing is, only a couple of my searches were NOT same-page contextual searches. With search contexts, the [searchstring] is redundant and wholly unnecessary. I've cleaned up those shownexts to simply href= [thisurl]?startat=[start], and sometimes a necessary variable brought in from the preceding page. It works great, looks great. Now I'm working on converting the couple of form-based searches into same-page contextual searches, as I find it a little tidier overall to have everything on one page.John, do you know anything about the length limitation of the resulting URL? This is something I've always been a little concerned about... the html books all talk about post vs. get and how there's a 256 char limitation on a URL. But some of these [searchstring]s can get way huge when a person chooses a dozen keywords in addition to the other search parameters that have to come through (one reason I'd like to change everything over to contexts]. I haven't noticed any problems, but maybe they're just undetectable in the logs.Terry------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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>Or you can use [searchstring] AS IT WAS DESIGNED and not worry about >it. [searchstring] returns EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DO THE SEARCH. >That includes start= and max= if you included them in the original >search because you were going to be using [shownext]. It alsoYes, I agree with that, and in fact, that is just what I had on _all_ of my shownext links; I never included the erroneous command=search, but had other completely unnecessary variables. Thing is, only a couple of my searches were NOT same-page contextual searches. With search contexts, the [searchstring] is redundant and wholly unnecessary. I've cleaned up those shownexts to simply href= [thisurl]?startat=[start], and sometimes a necessary variable brought in from the preceding page. It works great, looks great. Now I'm working on converting the couple of form-based searches into same-page contextual searches, as I find it a little tidier overall to have everything on one page.John, do you know anything about the length limitation of the resulting URL? This is something I've always been a little concerned about... the html books all talk about post vs. get and how there's a 256 char limitation on a URL. But some of these [searchstring]s can get way huge when a person chooses a dozen keywords in addition to the other search parameters that have to come through (one reason I'd like to change everything over to contexts]. I haven't noticed any problems, but maybe they're just undetectable in the logs.Terry------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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