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SharePoint 2007: Server Error in ‘/’ Application. (Yellow Screen of Death)

February 22, 2010 at 5:52 am · Filed under error, MOSS, SharePoint ·Tagged , , , , ,

Scenario:

We canceled document uploading using ItemAdding event handler based on some condition. Instead of getting a simple SharePoint error page, we were getting “Server Error in ‘/’ Application. (a.k.a Yellow Screen of Death).

Server Error in ‘/’ Application.


We are afraid creating file(s)/folder(s) is not allowed. You can create file(s)/folder(s) inside folder EDW.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: We are afraid creating file(s)/folder(s) is not allowed. You can create file(s)/folder(s) inside folder EDW.Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.


Stack Trace:

 

[COMException (0x81020089): We are afraid creating file(s)/folder(s) is not allowed. You can create file(s)/folder(s) inside folder EDW.

]

Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequestInternalClass.AddOrUpdateItem(String bstrUrl, String bstrListName, Boolean bAdd, Boolean bSystemUpdate, Boolean bPreserveItemVersion, Boolean bUpdateNoVersion, Int32& plID, String& pbstrGuid, Guid pbstrNewDocId, Boolean bHasNewDocId, String bstrVersion, Object& pvarAttachmentNames, Object& pvarAttachmentContents, Object& pvarProperties, Boolean bCheckOut, Boolean bCheckin, Boolean bMigration, Boolean bPublish) +0

Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.AddOrUpdateItem(String bstrUrl, String bstrListName, Boolean bAdd, Boolean bSystemUpdate, Boolean bPreserveItemVersion, Boolean bUpdateNoVersion, Int32& plID, String& pbstrGuid, Guid pbstrNewDocId, Boolean bHasNewDocId, String bstrVersion, Object& pvarAttachmentNames, Object& pvarAttachmentContents, Object& pvarProperties, Boolean bCheckOut, Boolean bCheckin, Boolean bMigration, Boolean bPublish) +203

[SPException: We are afraid creating file(s)/folder(s) is not allowed. You can create file(s)/folder(s) inside folder EDW.

]

Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.AddOrUpdateItem(String bstrUrl, String bstrListName, Boolean bAdd, Boolean bSystemUpdate, Boolean bPreserveItemVersion, Boolean bUpdateNoVersion, Int32& plID, String& pbstrGuid, Guid pbstrNewDocId, Boolean bHasNewDocId, String bstrVersion, Object& pvarAttachmentNames, Object& pvarAttachmentContents, Object& pvarProperties, Boolean bCheckOut, Boolean bCheckin, Boolean bMigration, Boolean bPublish) +251

Microsoft.SharePoint.SPListItem.AddOrUpdateItem(Boolean bAdd, Boolean bSystem, Boolean bPreserveItemVersion, Boolean bNoVersion, Boolean bMigration, Boolean bPublish, Boolean bCheckOut, Boolean bCheckin, Guid newGuidOnAdd, Int32& ulID, Object& objAttachmentNames, Object& objAttachmentContents, Boolean suppressAfterEvents) +1026

Microsoft.SharePoint.SPListItem.UpdateInternal(Boolean bSystem, Boolean bPreserveItemVersion, Guid newGuidOnAdd, Boolean bMigration, Boolean bPublish, Boolean bNoVersion, Boolean bCheckOut, Boolean bCheckin, Boolean suppressAfterEvents) +182

Microsoft.SharePoint.SPListItem.Update() +94

Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.SaveButton.CreateFolder(SPFolder folder, SPContext itemContext) +1032

Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.SaveButton.SaveItem(SPContext itemContext, Boolean uploadMode, String checkInComment) +1236

Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.SaveButton.SaveItem() +71

Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.SaveButton.OnBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs e) +277

System.Web.UI.Control.RaiseBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs args) +37

System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnCommand(CommandEventArgs e) +118

System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +166

System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +10

System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument) +13

System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData) +175

System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +1565

 

Resolution:

Made following changes in the web.config of virtual directory (located at C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80)

<SafeMode
MaxControls=“200“
CallStack=“true“
DirectFileDependencies=“26“
TotalFileDependencies=“50“
AllowPageLevelTrace=“true“>

To

<SafeMode
MaxControls=“200“
CallStack=“false“
DirectFileDependencies=“26“
TotalFileDependencies=“50“
AllowPageLevelTrace=“false“>

And

<customErrors
mode=“Off“ />

To

<customErrors
mode=“On“ />

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