Month September 2012

“The length of the URL for this request exceeds the configured maxUrlLength value”

[HttpException (0x80004005): The length of the URL for this request exceeds the configured maxUrlLength value.]

The length of the URL for this request exceeds the configured maxUrlLength value is an IIS error telling you the length of the given URL exceeds a limit. The Windows Server IIS maximum URL length is defined by the HttpRuntimeSection.MaxUrlLength property. Its value is 260 characters. This may cause problems with longer URLs, and here is how to resolve this maxUrlLength issue.