Getting error 400: Bad Request (Invalid URL) when URL >282..

Hi,

Setup: Windows 2003 server with IIS 6.0
We have an IIS extension. We generate some dynamic URLs base on form inputs. For some form inputs we are getting the above mentioned error. On analysis, we found that the error comes if the comlete URL generated has more than 282 characters. The same URL works with IIS 5 on Windows 2000 and with Apache.
Why are we getting this error? Does IIS 6 have any defaults for the maximum length of the URL and how can this be changed?
Sample request:
http://100.10.100.10:8081/iFolderServer/Admin/LDAPDirectory&UpdateSele...istiFol


Thanks,
Nithya

Hello,

I think that this KB Article can help:

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://support.microsoft.com/?id=820129" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/?id=820129</a>

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Kristofer Gafvert - IIS MVP
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"Nithya B" <anonymous.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4943B2DE-706D-4F5C-87EB-935D8A8FB1FE@microsoft.com...
 > Hi,
 >
 > Setup: Windows 2003 server with IIS 6.0
 > We have an IIS extension. We generate some dynamic URLs base on form
inputs. For some form inputs we are getting the above mentioned error. On
analysis, we found that the error comes if the comlete URL generated has
more than 282 characters. The same URL works with IIS 5 on Windows 2000 and
with Apache.
 > Why are we getting this error? Does IIS 6 have any defaults for the
maximum length of the URL and how can this be changed?
 > Sample request:
 >
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://100.10.100.10:8081/iFolderServer/Admin/LDAPDirectory&UpdateSelectListiFolderPersons.cgi&iFolder_ldap01&Persons=All&searchAttribute=attr_name&searchOperator=op_startswith&searchValue=&iFolderPersonsContextList=ou=ind,ou=novell,dc=abc,dc=com&iFolderServer=All&LDAPDirectory=iFolder_ldap01&UsingiFolderServer=" target="_blank">http://100.10.100.10:8081/iFolderServer/Admin/LDAPDirectory&UpdateSele...istiFol</a>
 >
 >
 > Thanks,
 > Nithya<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->