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COMADMIN_E_PROPERTY_OVERFLOW
COM+ catalog object and collection state: exact meaning of COMADMIN_E_PROPERTY_OVERFLOW
A catalog property value exceeds the size or numeric range accepted by COM+. Property validation receives a value whose encoded length or magnitude cannot fit the property contract.
Windows describes this condition as “The property value is too large”.
Evidence to collect before repair
- Record collection name, parent key, object key, and application/partition ID.
- Preserve the exact administration method and pending property values; it anchors the failure to the real administration object.
- Evidence should include ErrorInfo entries and COM+ System Application events, captured before a repair changes state.
Where the result occurs
The authoritative state is the logical COM+ catalog exposed through COMAdmin collections, not a single registry key or an old in-memory object. In the specific case of this result, log the exact property name, type, value length/magnitude, encoding, and source transformation.
Diagnostic sequence
- To isolate this result, recreate the catalog session and repopulate the relevant hierarchy.
- resolve objects by stable identifiers rather than display names.
- compare pending values with collection property metadata.
- The next diagnostic action is to save the smallest coherent change set and inspect ErrorInfo.
- To isolate it, verify the committed object by repopulating after SaveChanges.
Retry and recovery
Submit a value within the documented collection-property limit and reject oversized input before SaveChanges.
Practical administration scenario
Automation copies an unbounded description into a fixed-size COM+ catalog property.
Difference from nearby COMADMIN results
COMADMIN_E_OBJECTINVALID is broader; this code specifically identifies overflow rather than an arbitrary invalid value.
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