requestLimits Element for requestFiltering [IIS Settings Schema]
Note
For more information about the requestLimits element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: Request Limits <requestLimits>.
Specifies limits on requests processed by the Web server.
Syntax
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements for this section.
Attributes
Attribute |
Description |
|---|---|
maxAllowedContentLength |
Optional uint attribute. Specifies the maximum length of content in a request, in bytes. The default value is 30000000. |
maxQueryString |
Optional uint attribute. Specifies the maximum length of the query string, in bytes. The default value is 2048. |
maxUrl |
Optional uint attribute. Specifies maximum length of the URL, in bytes. The default value is 4096. |
Child Elements
Element |
Description |
|---|---|
headerlimits |
Optional element. Specifies size limits for HTML headers. |
Parent Elements
Element |
Description |
|---|---|
configuration |
Specifies the root element in every configuration file that is used by IIS 7. |
system.webServer |
Specifies the top-level section group (in ApplicationHost.config) in which this element is defined. |
security |
Specifies the section group that contains security-related sections. |
requestFiltering |
Specifies configuration settings for request filtering. |
Remarks
For more information about the requestLimits element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: Request Limits <requestLimits>.
Element Information
Configuration locations |
Machine.config ApplicationHost.config Root application Web.config Application Web.config Directory Web.config |
Requirements |
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 7.0 |
See Also
Reference
headerLimits Element for requestLimits [IIS Settings Schema]