Hi!
I want to use ASP to download big files using ADODB.STREAM. It works very
fine with files smaller than 80 MB.
On the Webserver I can see that memory allocation and the process w3wp is
running. After some time (more or less 2 minutes) I get a response timeout.
Here is the code:
Server.ScriptTi meout = 30000
Response.Buffer = True
Response.Clear
Response.Expire s = 0
Response.Conten tType = "Download-File"
Response.AddHea der "Content-Disposition","a ttachment; filename=" & sfile
Set oStream = Server.CreateOb ject("ADODB.Str eam")
oStream.Type = adTypeBinary
oStream.Open
oStream.LoadFro mFile(sfile)
Response.AddHea der "Content-Length", oStream.Size ' -- Schönheit
Response.CharSe t = "UTF-8"
For i = 0 To oStream.Size
i = i + 128000
Response.Binary Write(oStream.R ead(128000))
Response.Flush
Next
oStream.Close
Set oStream = Nothing
Response.Flush
Response.End
Do I have to change something in my code - or perhaps a general setting in
IIS / the metabase?
Many thanks in advance
Juan
10  19326 
"Juan" <Ju**@discussio ns.microsoft.co mwrote in message
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Hi!
I want to use ASP to download big files using ADODB.STREAM. It works very
fine with files smaller than 80 MB.
On the Webserver I can see that memory allocation and the process w3wp is
running. After some time (more or less 2 minutes) I get a response
timeout.
>
Here is the code:
Server.ScriptTi meout = 30000
30,000 seconds is a long script time out ;)
Response.Buffer = True
Change to False, you don't want to buffer anyway (yes I know you are
flushing but this is simpler).
>
Response.Clear
Response.Expire s = 0
Response.Conten tType = "Download-File"
This is not a valid content type if you don't know what the content type is
use the fallback type: "applicatio n/octet-stream"
Response.AddHea der "Content-Disposition","a ttachment; filename=" & sfile
Set oStream = Server.CreateOb ject("ADODB.Str eam")
oStream.Type = adTypeBinary
oStream.Open
oStream.LoadFro mFile(sfile)
Response.AddHea der "Content-Length", oStream.Size ' -- Schönheit
Don't add the Content-Length header its a duplication, ASP adds that for
you.
Response.CharSe t = "UTF-8"
How come you know the character encoding but don't know the content type?
Consider deleting this line or setting the content-type to the correct text
type.
>
For i = 0 To oStream.Size
i = i + 128000
Response.Binary Write(oStream.R ead(128000))
Response.Flush
No need for a flush when buffering is off.
>
Next
oStream.Close
Set oStream = Nothing
Response.Flush
Response.End
Again no need for a flush and .End is draconian, only use it if you know
something bad will happen if you don't. Even then design out the something
bad rather than use .End.
>
Do I have to change something in my code - or perhaps a general setting in
IIS / the metabase?
The response timeout is a clientside thing however normally response
timeouts related to the time it takes to get the first chunk of data not the
overall send time.
--
Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET
Anthony wrote on Thu, 3 Jul 2008 14:33:27 +0100:
"Juan" <Ju**@discussio ns.microsoft.co mwrote in message
news:71******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...
>Hi!
>I want to use ASP to download big files using ADODB.STREAM. It works
very fine with files smaller than 80 MB.
On the Webserver I can see that memory allocation and the process
w3wp is running. After some time (more or less 2 minutes) I get a
response
timeout.
>Set oStream = Server.CreateOb ject("ADODB.Str eam")
oStream.Type = adTypeBinary oStream.Open oStream.LoadFro mFile(sfile)
Response.AddHe ader "Content-Length", oStream.Size ' -- Schönheit
Don't add the Content-Length header its a duplication, ASP adds that
for you.
If the stream is being written out in chunks (which it is in the For Next
loop), how does the ASP engine know what the final size will be?
--
Dan
Juan wrote on Thu, 3 Jul 2008 06:00:01 -0700:
Hi!
I want to use ASP to download big files using ADODB.STREAM. It works
very fine with files smaller than 80 MB.
On the Webserver I can see that memory allocation and the process w3wp
is running. After some time (more or less 2 minutes) I get a response
timeout.
Here is the code:
Server.ScriptTi meout = 30000
Response.Buffer = True
Response.Clear
Response.Expire s = 0
Response.Conten tType = "Download-File"
Response.AddHea der "Content-Disposition","a ttachment; filename=" &
sfile
Set oStream = Server.CreateOb ject("ADODB.Str eam")
oStream.Type = adTypeBinary oStream.Open oStream.LoadFro mFile(sfile)
Response.AddHea der "Content-Length", oStream.Size ' -- Schönheit
Response.CharSe t = "UTF-8"
For i = 0 To oStream.Size
i = i + 128000
Response.Binary Write(oStream.R ead(128000))
Response.Flush
Next
This looks odd - you're looping from 0 to the size of the stream, yet you're
pushing out 128000 bytes at a time. I think you should be using
For i = 0 To oStream.Size Step 128000
Also, in your loop what happens when you reach the end of the stream?
This is how I handle download from one of my applications
Set oStream = Server.CreateOb ject("ADODB.Str eam")
Call oStream.Open()
oStream.Type = 1
call oStream.LoadFro mFile(strFilena me)
iDownload = 1
If lcase(right(str filename,4)) = ".pdf" then
Response.Conten tType = "applicatio n/pdf"
else
Response.Conten tType = "applicatio n/octet-stream"
end if
Response.AddHea der "Content-Disposition", "filename=" &
strfilename & ";"
Response.Buffer = False
'stream out the file in chunks
Do While Not (oStream.EOS)
Response.Binary Write oStream.Read(10 24 * 256)
Loop
oStream.Close
Set oStream = Nothing
this reads the file into the stream (just like you already have), sets an
appropriate ContentType (as Anthony points out the one you use is not a
recognised MIME type), turns off buffering, and then writes out the stream
in 256kB chunks until there is nothing left to write to out (using
oStream.EOS to determine if the stream is at the end).
You really do need buffering turned off - it's entirely possible that the
80MB file is going over the defined ASP buffer limit and so you're getting
an ASP error thrown into the data, and that causes what appears to be a
timeout but is actually due to ASP terminating the script because it has
errored. So far with the above code I've had no trouble with files larger
than the defined ASP buffer limit, but I haven't tried it with anything as
large as your file.
--
Dan
Daniel wrote to Anthony Jones on Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:14:31 +0100:
Anthony wrote on Thu, 3 Jul 2008 14:33:27 +0100:
>"Juan" <Ju**@discussio ns.microsoft.co mwrote in message
news:71******* *************** ************@mi crosoft.com...
>>Hi!
>>I want to use ASP to download big files using ADODB.STREAM. It works
very fine with files smaller than 80 MB.
On the Webserver I can see that memory allocation and the process
w3wp is running. After some time (more or less 2 minutes) I get a
response
timeout.
>>Set oStream = Server.CreateOb ject("ADODB.Str eam")
oStream.Typ e = adTypeBinary oStream.Open oStream.LoadFro mFile(sfile)
Response.AddH eader "Content-Length", oStream.Size ' -- Schönheit
>Don't add the Content-Length header its a duplication, ASP adds that
for you.
If the stream is being written out in chunks (which it is in the For
Next loop), how does the ASP engine know what the final size will be?
Actually, I've just realised that the code I use myself doesn't set the
Content-Length header either. ASP doesn't add the Content-Length header
itself either as it has no idea what the file size is when it starts
outputting it, here's an example of the ASP headers from a download from my application:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Cache-Control: private
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:26:53 GMT
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Content-Type: application/pdf
Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
Content-Disposition: filename=Certif ications_at_a_G lance.pdf;
This just means that you don't get the status bar in IE, for instance,
showing the download progress because the final size is not known. Adding
the Content-Length header allows IE (and any other browser that will show a
status bar) to give a progress with a final size value. I tested adding the
content length header to my own application and the headers changed to:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Cache-Control: private
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:29:46 GMT
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Content-Length: 1890660
Content-Type: application/pdf
Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
Content-Disposition: filename=Certif ications_at_a_G lance.pdf;
and appeared to have no detrimental effect on the download.
--
Dan
Daniel wrote to Juan on Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:22:58 +0100:
Juan wrote on Thu, 3 Jul 2008 06:00:01 -0700:
>Hi!
>I want to use ASP to download big files using ADODB.STREAM. It works
very fine with files smaller than 80 MB.
On the Webserver I can see that memory allocation and the process
w3wp is running. After some time (more or less 2 minutes) I get a
response timeout.
>Here is the code:
>Server.ScriptT imeout = 30000
Response.Buffe r = True
>Response.Cle ar
Response.Expir es = 0
Response.Conte ntType = "Download-File"
Response.AddHe ader "Content-Disposition","a ttachment; filename=" &
sfile
>Set oStream = Server.CreateOb ject("ADODB.Str eam")
oStream.Type = adTypeBinary oStream.Open
oStream.LoadFr omFile(sfile)
Response.AddHe ader "Content-Length", oStream.Size ' -- Schönheit
Response.CharS et = "UTF-8"
>For i = 0 To oStream.Size i = i + 128000
Response.Binary Write(oStream.R ead(128000))
Response.Flush
Next
This looks odd - you're looping from 0 to the size of the stream, yet
you're pushing out 128000 bytes at a time. I think you should be using
I actually had another idea as to why it might be "timing out" - for 80MB of
data, your loop is running 83886080 times (80 * 1024 * 1024). If you are
using 128kB chunks, it only needs 666 loops to send 80MB. Check your event
logs and see if you have any ASP or IIS events pointing to the process being
terminated.
--
Dan
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Daniel wrote to Juan on Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:22:58 +0100:
Juan wrote on Thu, 3 Jul 2008 06:00:01 -0700:
>Hi!
>I want to use ASP to download big files using ADODB.STREAM. It works
>very fine with files smaller than 80 MB.
>On the Webserver I can see that memory allocation and the process
>w3wp is running. After some time (more or less 2 minutes) I get a
>response timeout.
>Here is the code:
>Server.ScriptT imeout = 30000
>Response.Buffe r = True
>Response.Cle ar
>Response.Expir es = 0
>Response.Conte ntType = "Download-File"
>Response.AddHe ader "Content-Disposition","a ttachment; filename=" &
>sfile
>Set oStream = Server.CreateOb ject("ADODB.Str eam")
>oStream.Type = adTypeBinary oStream.Open
>oStream.LoadFr omFile(sfile)
>Response.AddHe ader "Content-Length", oStream.Size ' -- Schönheit
>Response.CharS et = "UTF-8"
>For i = 0 To oStream.Size i = i + 128000
> Response.Binary Write(oStream.R ead(128000))
> Response.Flush
>Next
This looks odd - you're looping from 0 to the size of the stream, yet
you're pushing out 128000 bytes at a time. I think you should be using
I actually had another idea as to why it might be "timing out" - for 80MB
of
data, your loop is running 83886080 times (80 * 1024 * 1024). If you are
using 128kB chunks, it only needs 666 loops to send 80MB. Check your event
logs and see if you have any ASP or IIS events pointing to the process
being
terminated.
The loop is incrementing 128001 every iteration so potentially it may not
send all the file
--
Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET
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Daniel wrote to Anthony Jones on Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:14:31 +0100:
Anthony wrote on Thu, 3 Jul 2008 14:33:27 +0100:
>"Juan" <Ju**@discussio ns.microsoft.co mwrote in message
>news:71******* *************** ************@mi crosoft.com...
>>Hi!
>>I want to use ASP to download big files using ADODB.STREAM. It works
>>very fine with files smaller than 80 MB.
>>On the Webserver I can see that memory allocation and the process
>>w3wp is running. After some time (more or less 2 minutes) I get a
>>response
>timeout.
>>Set oStream = Server.CreateOb ject("ADODB.Str eam")
>>oStream.Typ e = adTypeBinary oStream.Open oStream.LoadFro mFile(sfile)
>>Response.AddH eader "Content-Length", oStream.Size ' -- Schönheit
>Don't add the Content-Length header its a duplication, ASP adds that
>for you.
If the stream is being written out in chunks (which it is in the For
Next loop), how does the ASP engine know what the final size will be?
Actually, I've just realised that the code I use myself doesn't set the
Content-Length header either. ASP doesn't add the Content-Length header
itself either as it has no idea what the file size is when it starts
outputting it, here's an example of the ASP headers from a download from
my application:
>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Cache-Control: private
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:26:53 GMT
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Content-Type: application/pdf
Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
Content-Disposition: filename=Certif ications_at_a_G lance.pdf;
This just means that you don't get the status bar in IE, for instance,
showing the download progress because the final size is not known. Adding
the Content-Length header allows IE (and any other browser that will show
a
status bar) to give a progress with a final size value. I tested adding
the
content length header to my own application and the headers changed to:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Cache-Control: private
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:29:46 GMT
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Content-Length: 1890660
Content-Type: application/pdf
Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
Content-Disposition: filename=Certif ications_at_a_G lance.pdf;
and appeared to have no detrimental effect on the download.
You're right it doesn't have any detrimental affect on IE in fact it serves
a useful purpose. However it is a strictly a breach of the protocol See http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/...c4.html#sec4.4 para 3.
However the protocol does then indicate that if it is Content-Length is
present it should be ignored in this case.
--
Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET
"Juan" <Ju**@discussio ns.microsoft.co mwrote in message
news:71******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...
Hi!
I want to use ASP to download big files using ADODB.STREAM. It works very
fine with files smaller than 80 MB.
On the Webserver I can see that memory allocation and the process w3wp is
running. After some time (more or less 2 minutes) I get a response
timeout.
>
Here is the code:
Server.ScriptTi meout = 30000
Response.Buffer = True
Response.Clear
Response.Expire s = 0
Response.Conten tType = "Download-File"
Response.AddHea der "Content-Disposition","a ttachment; filename=" & sfile
Set oStream = Server.CreateOb ject("ADODB.Str eam")
oStream.Type = adTypeBinary
oStream.Open
oStream.LoadFro mFile(sfile)
Response.AddHea der "Content-Length", oStream.Size ' -- Schönheit
Response.CharSe t = "UTF-8"
For i = 0 To oStream.Size
i = i + 128000
Response.Binary Write(oStream.R ead(128000))
Response.Flush
Next
oStream.Close
Set oStream = Nothing
Response.Flush
Response.End
Do I have to change something in my code - or perhaps a general setting in
IIS / the metabase?
Many thanks in advance
FYI this is the routine I use for sending a file to response.
Sub SendFileToRespo nse(FilePath, FileName)
Const clChunkSize = 1048576 ' 1MB
Dim oStream, i
Response.Buffer = False
Response.Conten tType = "applicatio n/octet-stream"
Response.AddHea der "Content-Disposition", _
"attachment ; Filename=" & FileName
Set oStream = Server.CreateOb ject("ADODB.Str eam")
oStream.Type = 1 ' Binary
oStream.Open
oStream.LoadFro mFile FilePath
For i = 1 To oStream.Size \ clChunkSize
Response.Binary Write oStream.Read(cl ChunkSize)
Next
If (oStream.Size Mod clChunkSize) <0 Then
Response.Binary Write oStream.Read(oS tream.Size Mod clChunkSize)
End If
oStream.Close
End Sub
1MB buffer is a bit on the big side though 128K is a good choice.
--
Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET
Anthony Jones wrote on 03 jul 2008 in
microsoft.publi c.inetserver.as p.general:
FYI this is the routine I use for sending a file to response.
Sub SendFileToRespo nse(FilePath, FileName)
Const clChunkSize = 1048576 ' 1MB
Dim oStream, i
Response.Buffer = False
Response.Conten tType = "applicatio n/octet-stream"
Response.AddHea der "Content-Disposition", _
"attachment ; Filename=" & FileName
Set oStream = Server.CreateOb ject("ADODB.Str eam")
oStream.Type = 1 ' Binary
oStream.Open
oStream.LoadFro mFile FilePath
For i = 1 To oStream.Size \ clChunkSize
Response.Binary Write oStream.Read(cl ChunkSize)
Next
If (oStream.Size Mod clChunkSize) <0 Then
Response.Binary Write oStream.Read(oS tream.Size Mod clChunkSize)
End If
Would an error be given if an empty chunk or is sent?
And if the requested chunk size is larger than the remainder?
If not I would do:
For i = 0 To oStream.Size \ clChunkSize
Response.Binary Write oStream.Read(cl ChunkSize)
Next
oStream.Close
End Sub
1MB buffer is a bit on the big side though 128K is a good choice.
--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
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