Does the 2k length limit for URLs on IE still exist for IE 7 and IE 8?

Question

Does the 2k length limit for URLs on IE still exist for IE 7 and IE 8? (the post IE 6 era)

Answer 1

Yes, according to Microsoft.

Answer 2

The length limit for IE7 and IE8 is currently 2083 characters.

If you think you are going to go over this limit, you can use a a frame with a short url and contain the page with the long url inside that frame.

Answer 3

According to this knowledge base article it applies to IE7 and IE8:

Answer 4

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/208427

Seems like it still exists, because IE8 is the shipped browser on Windows 7.

Answer 5

All IE requests go through Wininet. Have a look at the Win7 SDK header files:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Include>findstr /spin /c:"INTERNET_MAX" *.h
WinInet.h:85:#define INTERNET_MAX_HOST_NAME_LENGTH   256
WinInet.h:86:#define INTERNET_MAX_USER_NAME_LENGTH   128
WinInet.h:87:#define INTERNET_MAX_PASSWORD_LENGTH    128
WinInet.h:88:#define INTERNET_MAX_PORT_NUMBER_LENGTH 5           // INTERNET_PORT is unsigned short
WinInet.h:89:#define INTERNET_MAX_PORT_NUMBER_VALUE  65535       // maximum unsigned short value
WinInet.h:90:#define INTERNET_MAX_PATH_LENGTH        2048
WinInet.h:91:#define INTERNET_MAX_SCHEME_LENGTH      32          // longest protocol name length
WinInet.h:92:#define INTERNET_MAX_URL_LENGTH         (INTERNET_MAX_SCHEME_LENGTH \
WinInet.h:94:                                        + INTERNET_MAX_PATH_LENGTH)
WinInet.h:1712:#define MAX_GOPHER_HOST_NAME        INTERNET_MAX_HOST_NAME_LENGTH
WinInet.h:1720:                                    + INTERNET_MAX_PORT_NUMBER_LENGTH   \
Winineti.h:1511:#define URL_LIMIT INTERNET_MAX_URL_LENGTH

So, yes, that length limitation applies.