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[betenoir at echonyc.com]

>--- betenoir at echonyc.com wrote:
>> I was playing with some scripts which were working OK.  I hit back a few
>> times and got this error:
>>
>>
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>> Bad Request
>> Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
>>
>> Size of a request header field exceeds server limit.
>>
>>
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>> Using MSIE 5.1.6 on the Mac I get this error for every page on the site
>> even if it's not a PHP page.  I've tried requesting a"clear.php" page to
>> unregister all the variables with no effect.
>
>I've seen this error when passing large strings as GET requests.  Typically,
>4k will stop Apache by default.

That makes sense -- except that I get the message no matter what page I'm
requesting.
Is there a way to clear the header?

Other than that, it's either a server
>misconfiguration, or wacky browser behavior, although I'm not sure why.

Wacky browser for sure, as I don't have the problem with Netscape.

Clyde