limits Element for asp [IIS Settings Schema]

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10/21/2021

Note

For more information about the limits element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: ASP Limits <limits>.

Specifies limits for various Active Server Pages (ASP) properties.

Syntax

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements for this section.

Attributes

Attribute	Description
bufferingLimit	Optional integer attribute. Specifies the maximum size, in bytes, of the ASP buffer. If response buffering is turned on, this property controls the maximum number of bytes that an ASP page can write to the response buffer before a flush occurs. This value is an integer range from 0 to 2147483647. The default value is 4194304.
maxRequestEntityAllowed	Optional integer attribute. Specifies the maximum number of bytes allowed in the entire body of an ASP request. This value is an integer range from 0 to 2147483647. The default value is 200000.
processorThreadMax	Optional integer attribute. Specifies the maximum number of worker threads per processor that ASP can create. The default value is 25.
queueConnectionTestTime	Optional timespan attribute. Specifies the time interval (hh:mm:ss) after which ASP will check to see whether the client is still connected before executing a request. If the client is no longer connected, the request is not processed and is deleted from the queue. The default value is 00:00:03.
queueTimeout	Optional timespan attribute. Specifies the maximum period of time (hh:mm:ss) that an ASP request can wait in the request queue. The default value is 00:00:00.
requestQueueMax	Optional integer attribute. Specifies the maximum number of concurrent ASP requests that are allowed into the request queue. The default value is 3000.
scriptTimeout	Optional timespan attribute. Specifies the maximum period of time (hh:mm:ss) that ASP pages allow a script to run run before terminating the script and writing an event to the Windows Event Log. The default value is 00:01:30.

Child Elements

None.

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.
asp	Configures settings for ASP applications.

Remarks

For more information about the limits element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: ASP Limits <limits>.

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