FeedReader doesn't like underscores

Submitted by ptorrodellas on Thu, 2007-09-27 15:59. Bug Reports

Environment:

FeedReader 3.10
Windowx XP Professional SP2
Internet Explorer 6.0

Problem:
The RSS feed we are testing internally is located at:
http://pcptorrodellas:7080/socweb/opencms/socweb_ca/auxiliar/TestRSS1.xml

When trying to add it to FeedReader, the following error is displayed:
Error adding feed:;Can't add/update feed. http://pcptorrodellas:7080/socweb/opencms/socweb_ca/auxiliar/TestRSS1.xml

There is no HTTP request received by the server, so we conclude that FeedReader doesn't like the URL.

Changing "socweb_ca" with "socwebca" in the URL, a request is sent all right and a 404 error (Not Found) is returned, which is normal because directory "socwebca" doesn't exist.
If we place the feed in an underscore-free directory, everything works (but this doesn't fit our application structure).

Is there something wrong with underscores?

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Update

Submitted by ptorrodellas on Fri, 2007-09-28 08:47.

The problem seems to be related to the URL length:

- Long URL with underscore: FeedReader complains.
- Long URL WITHOUT underscore: OK
- Shorter URL with underscore (i.e. http://pcptorrodellas:7080/socweb/opencms/utilitats_socweb/cat/rss.xml): OK

Hope this helps.

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Quite strange, I have tested

Submitted by ingmar on Fri, 2007-09-28 11:56.

Quite strange, I have tested with much longer url and underscore (on apache server), no problems occured.

http://127.0.0.1:80/testapp/a_b_c/a/feedreader_long_long_long____test/test1_test2_test3_test4_test5_test6_____5/index.xml

Ingmar

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User error

Submitted by ptorrodellas on Fri, 2007-09-28 14:16.

Ingmar, thanks to your reply I checked again and found out that all this was an unfortunate error, shame on me!
An "invisible" control code was being copy/pasted as part of what I was using to test. Sorry for any inconvenience. Is there a way to erase this thread from the bugs forum?
Thanks.

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