Maximum URL length is 2,083 characters in Internet Explorer
<script type="text/javascript">function loadTOCNode(){}</script>Article ID | : | 208427 |
Last Review | : | October 27, 2007 |
Revision | : | 3.4 |
This article was previously published under Q208427
SUMMARY
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Microsoft Internet Explorer has a maximum uniform resource locator (URL) length of 2,083 characters. Internet Explorer also has a maximum path length of 2,048 characters. This limit applies to both POST request and GET request URLs.
If you are using the GET method, you are limited to a maximum of 2,048 characters, minus the number of characters in the actual path.
However, the POST method is not limited by the size of the URL for submitting name/value pairs. These pairs are transferred in the header and not in the URL.
RFC 2616, "Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1," does not specify any requirement for URL length.
If you are using the GET method, you are limited to a maximum of 2,048 characters, minus the number of characters in the actual path.
However, the POST method is not limited by the size of the URL for submitting name/value pairs. These pairs are transferred in the header and not in the URL.
RFC 2616, "Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1," does not specify any requirement for URL length.
REFERENCES
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For a further breakdown of the components, see the Wininet header file.
For more information, see "General Syntax," section 3.2.1 of RFC 2616, "Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1," at the following Internet Society Web site:
For more information, see "General Syntax," section 3.2.1 of RFC 2616, "Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1," at the following Internet Society Web site:
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2616.txt
(ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2616.txt)
APPLIES TO
• | Windows Internet Explorer 7 |
• | Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 6.0 |
• | Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 |
• | Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 |
• | Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 |
• | Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2 |
• | Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition |