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We have a data entry portlet that occassionally generates urls in excess of the 2k limit enforced by Internet Explorer.

Is there any way to stop these excessively long urls from being generated without loss of functionality?

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Can you use POST instead of GET? If not, what are the long URLs pointing to ?

olore
I am using POST. The urls are generated by standard portal jsp tags and contain encoded data allowing for consistant navigation (back button etc).
Michael Rutherfurd
A: 

Which version of WebSphere Portal are you using?

The new Portal 6.1 has a feature called "Friendly URLs" that is supposed to alleviate some of these issues. I haven't had a chance to research it yet (we're still struggling to get 6.0 in place) but it might be useful to you.

See also:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/334987/are-there-any-portal-products-that-can-generate-friendly-urls

Will Wagner
Unfortunately we are stuck with Portal 5.1
Michael Rutherfurd
A: 

The answer appears to be to upgrade or ensure that the page is simple enough not to trigger the problem.

Michael Rutherfurd