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What is the maximum length for a URL query string in Firefox?

mlr661
mlr661
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No problem, just a general developer's question: what is the maximum length for a query string URL in Firefox?

No problem, just a general developer's question: what is the maximum length for a query string URL in Firefox?

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Quoting Boutell.com and StackOverflow:

“After 65,536 characters, the location bar no longer displays the URL in Windows Firefox 1.5.x. However, longer URLs will work. I stopped testing after 100,000 characters.”

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Michael Verdi
Michael Verdi
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Hi, This forum is focused on end user support. You can try looking for documentation on our developer site - https://developer.mozilla.org/ or try asking questions in a place like stack overflow - http://stackoverflow.com/ Sorry for the inconvenience.

Bram Pitoyo
Bram Pitoyo
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Quoting Boutell.com and StackOverflow:

“After 65,536 characters, the location bar no longer displays the URL in Windows Firefox 1.5.x. However, longer URLs will work. I stopped testing after 100,000 characters.”