Microsoft KB Archive/822059

= You receive a form submission exceeded the maximum length error message when you upload a file to your Windows SharePoint Services Web site =

Article ID: 822059

Article Last Modified on 1/17/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003

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SYMPTOMS
When you try to upload a file to your Windows SharePoint Services Web site using the Windows SharePoint Service object model, you may receive the following error message:

Unhandled Exception: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: The form submission cannot be processed because it exceeded the maximum length allowed by the Web administrator. Please resubmit the form with less data.



CAUSE
This problem occurs the file is larger than the maximum file size for an upload. The maximum file size is configured in the Web.config file.

For example, your Web administrator may have set a maximum file size of 50 megabytes (MB)for uploads. To do this, the administrator uses the following tag in the Web.config file:





RESOLUTION
To upload larger files, ask your Web administrator to change the maxRequestLength parameter of the  section in the Web.config file to a larger value.

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb kbconfig KB822059

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