Re: Web Listener shutting down

From: Thomas Kyte <tkyte_at_us.oracle.com>
Date: 1998/04/19
Message-ID: <353d4061.4683294@192.86.155.100>#1/1

A copy of this was sent to "Steve Bohler" <skbohler_at_ix.netcom.com> (if that email address didn't require changing) On Sat, 18 Apr 1998 13:17:23 -0400, you wrote:

>I've got a PL/SQL procedure which sends the data from a form to another
>PL/SQL procedure. When I send a lot of data from the form (i.e. > 2100
>characters in a textarea box), the Web listener on the server stops and I
>have to restart it.
>
>Does anyone know if there is a limit to the amount of characters you can
>send via this method...or whatever could be causing this awful behavior?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Steve

Are you using METHOD=GET or METHOD=POST in the form tag? If you use method=get, then a URL >2k in size will cause problems. Since you have a form, simply make the form use the METHOD=POST (which is best for forms anyway)...  

Thomas Kyte
tkyte_at_us.oracle.com
Oracle Government
Herndon VA  

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