196356 - Limit size of URL by omitting nonchanged info on a query

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 15809

(Bugzilla :: Query/Bug List, enhancement)

Description

[Casey Daniell]

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When creating a custom "query" for bugs entered in bugzilla the URL gets 
too "long". 

A tester can copy-paste the URL into an e-mail (Outlook) or a word document, 
however since the data portion of the URL is longer then 1024 bits the URL is 
not clickable. Instead the reciever of the (Outlook) e-mail or MS Word document 
must cut-and-paste the URL into the web browers to see the results of a search. 

I would like to see a partial fix for this problem. I know RFC 2397 says the 
limit should only be 1024 bits for the data portion of a URL, however, bugzilla 
could decrease the size of the URL in many cases by omitting items in the URL 
which the user is not changing or selecting the default for. By omiting values 
in the URL that are not being changed the overall length of the URL in many 
cases will be under the 1024 limit.

Change: Omit items in URL that are not changing default select values. 

Reproducible: Always

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Comment 1

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 15809 ***