MOSS 2007 Discussion Board reply error
Created a standard webpart Discussion Board and can add discussion items OK but when tried to reply to item got error 'The page cannot be displayed'. After several attempts eventually worked when the item description was only 4 characters or less. looking
at the response URL it appears to be excessively long, some elements seem to be repeated in the URL string e.g.
https://xx.xxxxxxx.com/theworks/OandR/TDMBE/Lists/Discussion%20Board/NewForm.aspx?RootFolder=%2ftheworks%2fOandR%2fTDMBE%2fLists%2fDiscussion%20Board%2fhave%20consultants%20got%20enough%20supplies&ContentTypeId=0x0107&DiscussionParentID=2&Source=https%3A%2F%2Fxx%2Exxxxxxx%2Ecom%2Ftheworks%2FOandR%2FTDMBE%2FLists%2FDiscussion%2520Board%2FFlat%2Easpx%3FRootFolder%3D%252ftheworks%252fOandR%252fTDMBE%252fLists%252fDiscussion%2520Board%252fhave%2520consultants%2520got%2520enough%2520supplies%26FolderCTID%3D0x01200200A1C51FB6047510439F93B774F153C4CB%26TopicsView%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fxx%252Exxxxxxx%252Ecom%252Ftheworks%252FOandR%252FTDMBE%252FLists%252FDiscussion%252520Board%252FAllItems%252Easpx
Does this suggest that the URL length is the root of the issue. The users are using IE6 also.
If i connect directly onto one of the front end web servers and try to do a reply then it works as expected and response URL is much shorter i.e.
http://servername/theworks/OandR/TDMBE/Lists/Discussion%20Board/Flat.aspx?RootFolder=%2ftheworks%2fOandR%2fTDMBE%2fLists%2fDiscussion%20Board%2fThsi%20si%20another%20test%20to%20check%20the%20length%20of%20the%20Item%20name%20for%20a%20discussion%20board%20topic%20to%20see%20if%20causes%20the%20error%20or%20not&FolderCTID=0x01200200A1C51FB6047510439F93B774F153C4CB&TopicsView=http%3A%2F%2Flvvspw01%2Ftheworks%2FOandR%2FTDMBE%2FLists%2FDiscussion%2520Board%2FAllItems%2Easpx
Can anyone help or does anyone know whether this is fixed in later release. We are about to apply SP2?
September 15th, 2010 1:19pm