Monday, July 26, 2010

How to handle large file uploads which exceeds the configured request length

Say you have in web config :
Snippet
<httpRuntime maxRequestLength="4048" />

Cause:
When you try to upload a file grater then 4MB you will get an error with the status of 404.13. To catch this error we have to utilise Application_Error as .net framework does not generate a request object and initiate a page lifecycle for this type of request. So no events get fired, but first of all you will end up in a error page.
What we can do is:
In Global.asax file:
protected void Application_Error(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.ToString().Contains("FileUpload.aspx") && 
        HttpContext.Current.Error.InnerException.Message.Contains("Maximum request length exceeded"))
    {
        HttpContext.Current.ClearError();
        HttpContext.Current.Response.Redirect(
            string.Format("~/FileUpload.aspx?Message={0}""Upload file is over the allowed limit"));
    }
}

Then you can FileUpload.aspx like this:
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <script runat="server">
        protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnLoad(e);
            string message = this.Request.QueryString.Get("Message");
            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(message)) this.lblMessage.Text = message;
            else this.lblMessage.Visible = false;
        }
        protected void Save(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <asp:Label runat="server" ID="lblMessage" />
        <asp:FileUpload runat="server" ID="fuFile" />
        <asp:Button runat="server" ID="btnSave" Text="Save" />
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

1 comment:

Praveen.S.L said...

Dear friend,

Its a nice post. But i have some issue after handling the Exception.For me Redirection is not happening, the error message i am getting is "Connection Interrupted! The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading."

Please let me know your thoughts on this error.

Thanks,
Praveen

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