SharePoint file size limit

Question

I've tried many tutorials online on how to increase the upload file size for a SharePoint document library with no luck.

Any ideas on how to increase the limit of file upload to a document library?

I've tried:

http://spsstuff.blogspot.com/2006/03/how-to-change-maximum-file-upload-size.html http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/29380049/50mb-upload-limit--help.aspx http://www.msexperts.org/blogs/mark/archive/2008/10/23/increasing-the-maximum-upload-limit-on-a-sharepoint-site.aspx

Answer 1

I followed the 1st instruction from the 2nd link you provided:

1. In SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration, Application Management tab, and Web application general settings configure the Maximum upload size to a maximum of 2047 MB.

and it worked fine.

Are you sure that you selected appropriate Web application when changing the maximum upload size?

Answer 2

You can also change the limit in code

SPWebApplication oWebApplication = SPWebApplication.Lookup(new Uri("http://MyServer:989"));

oWebApplication.MaximumFileSize = 2000;

oWebApplication.Update();

(example taken from MSDN)

It will probably require admin credentials (SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate) should handle this). Of course I'd rather use the configuration change method mentioned above by @Marek Grzenkowicz