SOA Web Service says: Content size limit exceeded by this resource

[Former Member]

Hi,

for accessing documents in the KM of the Portal (NW 7.3) out of a web dynpro application we are using a standard repository web service. Everything is working fine except if we are uploading larger files. For example we are getting the following error after uploading a PDF file larger than 2 MB:

<yq1:getContent_com.sap.netweaver.bc.rf.ws.exception.OperationFailedException xmlns:pns="urn:com.sap.netweaver.bc.rf.ws.exception" xmlns:yq1="urn:/RepositoryFrameworkWSVi" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><pns:callStack>OperationFailedException[MessageText: Content size limit exceeded by this resource!|ExceptionName: OperationFailedException|CallStack: null]
                     at com.sap.netweaver.bc.rf.ws.content.Content.&amp;lt;init&amp;gt;(Content.java:88)
                     at com.sap.netweaver.bc.rf.ws.content.ContentManager.getContent(ContentManager.java:57)
                     at com.sap.netweaver.bc.rf.ws.bean.RepositoryFrameworkBean.getContent(RepositoryFrameworkBean.java:5729)
                     at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1354.invoke(Unknown Source)
                     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
                     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.ejb3.runtime.impl.RequestInvocationContext.proceedFinal(RequestInvocationContext.java:47)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.ejb3.runtime.impl.AbstractInvocationContext.proceed(AbstractInvocationContext.java:166)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.ejb3.runtime.impl.Interceptors_StatesTransition.invoke(Interceptors_StatesTransition.java:19)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.ejb3.runtime.impl.AbstractInvocationContext.proceed(AbstractInvocationContext.java:179)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.ejb3.runtime.impl.Interceptors_Resource.invoke(Interceptors_Resource.java:50)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.ejb3.runtime.impl.AbstractInvocationContext.proceed(AbstractInvocationContext.java:179)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.ejb3.runtime.impl.Interceptors_Transaction.doWorkWithAttribute(Interceptors_Transaction.java:37)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.ejb3.runtime.impl.Interceptors_Transaction.invoke(Interceptors_Transaction.java:21)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.ejb3.runtime.impl.AbstractInvocationContext.proceed(AbstractInvocationContext.java:179)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.ejb3.runtime.impl.Interceptors_MethodRetry.invoke(Interceptors_MethodRetry.java:46)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.ejb3.runtime.impl.AbstractInvocationContext.proceed(AbstractInvocationContext.java:179)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.ejb3.runtime.impl.AbstractInvocationContext.proceed(AbstractInvocationContext.java:191)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.ejb3.runtime.impl.Interceptors_StatelessInstanceGetter.invoke(Interceptors_StatelessInstanceGetter.java:23)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.ejb3.runtime.impl.AbstractInvocationContext.proceed(AbstractInvocationContext.java:179)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.ejb3.runtime.impl.Interceptors_SecurityCheck.invoke(Interceptors_SecurityCheck.java:25)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.ejb3.runtime.impl.AbstractInvocationContext.proceed(AbstractInvocationContext.java:179)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.ejb3.runtime.impl.Interceptors_ExceptionTracer.invoke(Interceptors_ExceptionTracer.java:17)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.ejb3.runtime.impl.AbstractInvocationContext.proceed(AbstractInvocationContext.java:179)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.ejb3.runtime.impl.DefaultInvocationChainsManager.startChain(DefaultInvocationChainsManager.java:138)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.ejb3.webservice.impl.DefaultImplementationContainer.invokeMethod(DefaultImplementationContainer.java:204)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.webservices.espbase.server.runtime.RuntimeProcessingEnvironment.process0(RuntimeProcessingEnvironment.java:710)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.webservices.espbase.server.runtime.RuntimeProcessingEnvironment.preProcess(RuntimeProcessingEnvironment.java:662)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.webservices.espbase.server.runtime.RuntimeProcessingEnvironment.process(RuntimeProcessingEnvironment.java:322)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.webservices.runtime.servlet.ServletDispatcherImpl.doPostWOLogging(ServletDispatcherImpl.java:199)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.webservices.runtime.servlet.ServletDispatcherImpl.doPost(ServletDispatcherImpl.java:65)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.webservices.servlet.SoapServlet.doPost(SoapServlet.java:61)
                     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:754)
                     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:847)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.server.Invokable.invoke(Invokable.java:152)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.server.Invokable.invoke(Invokable.java:38)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.server.HttpHandlerImpl.runServlet(HttpHandlerImpl.java:457)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.server.HttpHandlerImpl.handleRequest(HttpHandlerImpl.java:210)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.server.RequestAnalizer.startServlet(RequestAnalizer.java:441)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.server.RequestAnalizer.startServlet(RequestAnalizer.java:430)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.filters.DSRWebContainerFilter.process(DSRWebContainerFilter.java:38)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.filters.ServletSelector.process(ServletSelector.java:81)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.filters.ApplicationSelector.process(ApplicationSelector.java:276)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.filters.WebContainerInvoker.process(WebContainerInvoker.java:81)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.HostFilter.process(HostFilter.java:9)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.filters.ResponseLogWriter.process(ResponseLogWriter.java:60)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.HostFilter.process(HostFilter.java:9)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.filters.DefineHostFilter.process(DefineHostFilter.java:27)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.ServerFilter.process(ServerFilter.java:12)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.filters.MonitoringFilter.process(MonitoringFilter.java:29)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.ServerFilter.process(ServerFilter.java:12)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.filters.SessionSizeFilter.process(SessionSizeFilter.java:26)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.ServerFilter.process(ServerFilter.java:12)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.filters.MemoryStatisticFilter.process(MemoryStatisticFilter.java:57)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.ServerFilter.process(ServerFilter.java:12)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.filters.DSRHttpFilter.process(DSRHttpFilter.java:43)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.ServerFilter.process(ServerFilter.java:12)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.server.Processor.chainedRequest(Processor.java:475)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.server.Processor$FCAProcessorThread.process(Processor.java:269)
                     at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.server.rcm.RequestProcessorThread.run(RequestProcessorThread.java:56)
                     at com.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.Executable.run(Executable.java:122)
                     at com.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.Executable.run(Executable.java:101)
                     at com.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.CentralExecutor$SingleThread.run(CentralExecutor.java:328)
</pns:callStack><pns:exceptionName>OperationFailedException</pns:exceptionName><pns:messageText>Content size limit exceeded by this resource!</pns:messageText></yq1:getContent_com.sap.netweaver.bc.rf.ws.exception.OperationFailedException>

Are there any settings where we can increase the content size limit to solve this?

[Former Member]

Hi Manuel,

Maybe have a look at this thread for some useful tips:

http://scn.sap.com/thread/1985925

Regards, Trevor

[Former Member]

I found this note which says that "There is a predefined size limit for getting content and it is 1MB."

Note: 1656272

The resolution there is:

• Select either of the following API methods:
  • public ContentChunk getContentFirstChunk(String rid, int length, long
    timeout)
  • public ContentChunk getContentNextChunk(String token, int length)

But if I use them there is an other error described in this post:

http://scn.sap.com/thread/3292183

[Former Member]

Hi Manuel,

SAP Note 1725515 looks like a possible fix for this.

Regards, Trevor