Fair enough. The limit must be coming from IIS then, although I'm getting conflicting reports on whether the file is spooled to memory or the system drive.
Michael At 10:45 AM 12/5/2005, you wrote: >Well, no; your point was that CF imposed a limit - I know there is no limit >- you can safely upload a 3GB file if you had the space and the time to code >it so it never timed out etc... > >500 Null could be related to this... > >http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=f97044e&pss=rss >_coldfusion_f97044e > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Mik Muller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 05 December 2005 15:53 >To: CF-Server >Subject: Re: using java class files > > >a theoretical limit is possible but that is down to available RAM etc. > >Well, that's a limit, isn't it? > >What happens when we try to upload a very large file is after about >300 mb we get the following error: > > 500 null > >And it's not a time-out thing. I tested this by logging in via Remote >Desktop and uploading an 800 mb file which took under a minute (as >you'd expect). > >So maybe it's an IIS thing? I have the CF JVM Heap Size set to 1024, >if that matters. What other configs can I change? > >Is there a way to have the file(s) spool straight to the hard drive >instead of to memory (which seems a little silly if you ask me). >Better yet, to a particular HD and folder? > >I know, I know. Several people have said I'm crazy for trying to >accept very large files via HTTP, but we want to integrate the upload >into the application. FTP moves us out of the application and adds a >bunch of security and synchronization issues. Plus, the people who >want to do these very large uploads will be doing so over an internal >network (University) so the uploads won't take very long. > >Michael > > >At 05:40 AM 12/5/2005, James Holmes wrote: > >Another possibility that might be artificially imposing what looks > >like a limit might be the request timeout setting in the CF Admin. > >It's worth checking to see if this setting is enabled. > > > >On 12/5/05, Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Michael > > > > > > As noted previously - there is **no** limit uploading a file via CFFILE >- a > > > theoretical limit is possible but that is down to available RAM etc. > > > >-- > >CFAJAX docs and other useful articles: > >http://jr-holmes.coldfusionjournal.com/ > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=50 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:10:5727 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/10 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:10 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.10 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
