Posted by jpluimers on 2010/04/20
A client recently asked me what space should reserve to store URLs in their DBMS.
The plurality in the topic title is a hint: different systems have different limits on URL lengths.
But first:
Don’t use long URLs
If you use long URL’s (longer than say a coupe of 100 characters), then usually you have a problem.
First of all: short URL’s are easier to remember, index and search.
Second: long URL’s can pose problems.
It might be that your browser and server support them.
But a user might be behind an intercepting proxy (sometimes invisible to both you and your user) that imposes a URL limit.
In stead of long URLs with a HTTP GET, use shorter URLs with a HTTP POST. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/01/28
When you edit your gmail settings, recently you often get this message if you move the focus away from the settings pane:
Your changes have not been saved.
Discard changes?
The odd thing is that the settings are indeed saved just before you move the focus away.
So I always wondered if the message can be really ignored, and this thread confirms the message indeed is harmless.
I do still wonder why I get this message mostly in FireFox and Internet Explorer, but almost never in Chrome :-)
–jeroen
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