This is in the ColdFusion Cookbook, but I don't know the best practices for these settings: "...you can place a server wide limit on the size of uploads in the CF administrator. Under the "settings" link, see: Maximum size of post data (MB), Request throttle threshold (MB), and Request throttle memory (MB)."
On my dev install, I've left these at the default and they are: Maximum size of post data (MB): 100 Request throttle threshold (MB): 4 Request throttle memory (MB): 200 If your settings are the same, it could be that the request throttle threshold is keeping your file uploads below 4 MB. HTH > -----Original Message----- > From: Everett, Al (NIH/NIGMS) [C] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 10:13 AM > > Searched houseoffusion.com and Google and wasn't able to find > anything. > > I'm working on a small intranet application that has a module where > users can upload files, generally PDFs. > > Some of these PDFs can be quite large. In fact, on anything > larger than > about 2.4MB, the web server throws a 500 error. > > We're using a multipart form. This is a government installation, so > other options are limited. Third-party applets are right out. FTP is > almost certainly NOT an option (as if we could educate the > users how to > use THAT). > > It seems sure that the problem is with IIS, since it's throwing the > error, not ColdFusion. ("Then why are you posting here?" "Bear with > me.") > > In a support call with Microsoft, our server guys were walked through > changing an ASP setting and were then able to upload a larger file via > an HTTP POST on an ASP page. > > So, of course, the problem must now be ColdFusion. *sigh* > > Servers are Win2K3 and IIS 6.0. As far as I know, no SPs have been > applied. CFMX 7.01. > > I am SURE that at least a few of you on this list have > encountered this > sort of thing before. > > I've used HTTP POST to upload files larger than 2.5MB elsewhere, so I > don't know where this artificial limit is coming from. > Everything works > fine for smaller files. > > It does not appear to be a timeout issue, as the server comes back > instantly with the 500 error. > > Any suggestions I should make to the server guys? Any options for code > that I can try? Any CF settings that I might be overlooking? This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. A1. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:4/messageid:247314 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
