I think URL Encode seems to ignore linefeeds and/or returns in its midst, so an occasional line break or cr should break up the line limit problems.
On 17 March 2011 21:44, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > I ran into this earlier and tried to ask about it, but wasn't very clear. > When you urlEncode the field it turns it into one huge unbroken line, and > certain lengths of unbroken lines cause fields some problems it seems. The > line length you get from the urlEncode is within the accepted limits > according to docs, but something seems broken in fields. To see this in > action, try this stack.. Click add data several times till the line length > gets to 14700 and poof. Only the overflow shows. I didn't bother to find > the exact breakover point, but there it is. Also, behavior varies with line > wrap on and off. With line wrap off, things poof when you get to to 8400 > line length, but the overflow never shows. So my feeling is its a field > problem, not an encode problem. > > go URL "http://guidezone.info/FieldBug.livecode"; > > > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Chipp Walters <ch...@chipp.com> wrote: > > > I am trying to URLencode some data and for some reason it won't encode. > > > > Can anyone else get this to encode? It's a simple text field with no > funny > > chars. > > > > Here's a test: (put in msg box and hit return) > > go URL "http://www.widgetgadget.com/stuff/URLencodeBug.livecode"; > > > > For some reason it CAN URLencode the first 3111 chars, but barfs on any > > past > > there. Is there a char limit to what URLencode works on? > > > > TIA, > > C > > > > -- > > Chipp Walters > > CEO, Shafer Walters Group, Inc. > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
