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Article ID: 970869 - Last Review: May 1, 2009 - Revision: 1.0

Event Handlers cannot be triggered by an anonymous user

Source: Microsoft Support

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Symptom



When trying to perform an action on a SharePoint list as an Anonymous user you may see the following error message:

An unexpected error has occurred.

System.OutOfMemoryException: Server Out Of Memory

Cause

In WSS 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server 2007, event handlers cannot be triggered by anonymous users.

More Information



Consider the following Scenario:
  1. Create a new web app with anonymous access enabled.
  2. Create a new custom list on your new web app.
  3. Edit the list permissions so anonymous users can add/edit/delete items.
  4. Create an ItemAdding event handler that does nothing and connect it to the new list.
  5. Create a new list item as a regular user.
  6. Note that there is no error message.
  7. Create a new list item as an anonymous user.


Results: An unexpected error has occurred. System.OutOfMemoryException: Server Out Of Memory

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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
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