aardvark, ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ : does the HTTP spec have a max limit on how long a URL can be? : is it governed (or would it be) by the HTTP spec? : : and independent of that, any ideas on how long before the : browsers choke? i know from experience IE has a limit, but i can't : for the life of me remember what it is... ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q208/4/27.ASP I got this from typing in 'maximum url length' into Google http://www.google.com/search?q=maximum+url+length&btnG=Google+Search -- hth :-]k[-: kristina at kfx-design.co.uk