Microsoft KB Archive/186318

= FIX: Client Hit Log for Channel with Long URLs is not Posted =

Article ID: 186318

Article Last Modified on 10/15/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1

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This article was previously published under Q186318



SYMPTOMS
When updating a channel, Internet Explorer fails to post the client-side hit log information for that channel back to the server if the channel's CDF file identifies items with URLs longer than approximately 255 characters.



RESOLUTION
At this time, the only resolution is to reduce URL length below 255 characters.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
The following channel .cdf file will reproduce the behavior of this bug: <?XML VERSION="1.0" ENCODING="UTF-8"?> 

 

  



Test Channel That Reproduces This Bug Just a test channel</ABSTRACT>

<WWITEM HREF="http://tests.microsoft.com/scripts/page1.asp?123456789012345678901234 567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789 012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234 567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789 012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234 567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890areallylo ngurlhere" PRECACHE="YES" LEVEL="1">

Item 1</TITLE> <ABSTRACT>The definition of item 1</ABSTRACT> <LOG VALUE="document:view" /> </WWITEM>

</CHANNEL>

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbie500fix kbchannels KB186318

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