How to stop download time out?

[phuile]

I am actually using IE7 ... I have tried twice to download a file from
Oracle that's 753MB. IE indicated that it will take hours (something
like 6 hours). But both times, I got an error window at around 200MB
that IE operation time out.

Can someone help me with this problem? How can I ensure that the
download will complete without any time out?

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Post by phuile
I am actually using IE7 ... I have tried twice to download a file from
Oracle that's 753MB. IE indicated that it will take hours (something
like 6 hours). But both times, I got an error window at around 200MB
that IE operation time out.
Can someone help me with this problem? How can I ensure that the
download will complete without any time out?

[Robert Aldwinckle]

Post by phuile
I am actually using IE7 ... I have tried twice to download a file from
Oracle that's 753MB. IE indicated that it will take hours (something
like 6 hours). But both times, I got an error window at around 200MB
that IE operation time out.
Can someone help me with this problem? How can I ensure that the
download will complete without any time out?

If you are really getting a timeout it probably means that the connection
has been broken, not that one side is acting impatiently.
In fact, most likely IE will have tried repeating it's request after a long
period with no response. You would have to trace the connection
to be sure though.

BTW you should try to find out if there is an alternate, more robust
method of getting such a large file. HTTP isn't the best protocol for that,
and involving IE's TIF as a temporary cache makes it even worse.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

[OP multiposted in IE General, Robbie]

Post by Robert Aldwinckle

Post by phuile
I am actually using IE7 ... I have tried twice to download a file from
Oracle that's 753MB. IE indicated that it will take hours (something
like 6 hours). But both times, I got an error window at around 200MB
that IE operation time out.
Can someone help me with this problem? How can I ensure that the
download will complete without any time out?

If you are really getting a timeout it probably means that the connection
has been broken, not that one side is acting impatiently.
In fact, most likely IE will have tried repeating it's request after a long
period with no response. You would have to trace the connection
to be sure though.
BTW you should try to find out if there is an alternate, more robust
method of getting such a large file. HTTP isn't the best protocol for that,
and involving IE's TIF as a temporary cache makes it even worse.
HTH
Robert Aldwinckle
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[phuile]

About the multipost - that's because I only know about the other group
when you answer this post of mine.