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From: "Paul Smith" <>
Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] URL Lenght Too Long
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 21:39:59 -0500
References: <200304281245.h3SCjjCH023427@lists2.rootsweb.com> <016c01c30de5$5acf41f0$75030a43@prsmith> <004401c30e86$f6417f80$1ea54cd9@tilmanamd500>


> - edit / correct your urls manually using notepad or any other plain-text
editor

That's kind of like saying - "toss FrontPage on the scrap heap" - which is
exactly what I wanted to do when I discovered how many wasted hours I'd lost
by the truncated URLs. Unfortunately, I'm not a programmer nor do I really
want to learn so. . .

> - use TinyUrl services at http://tinyurl.com (or any of the other services
like
> that). I'm not sure though how reliable these links may be over time, so
you would
> have to check them now and then - that's what we are supposed to do anyway
;-)

I have a database that could have 500+ of these links. I'm not sure I could
handle checking them very often (though they shouldn't break so long as
MapQuest stays in business.) This might just be the answer I've been
looking for. Thanks!

[BTW, in case you're interested, the web site in question is at
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~prsmith/alpha_cem_a-f.htm and I
used a tinyurl for the Adath Emeth map link. Works like a champ! THANKS!!]

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