Opening of the spWeb.ContentTypes gives SOAP Exception 0x80004004

Question

Hi everybody!

I have the code which going through the sharepoint contenttypes and changes needed field display names. On my local server everything works fine, but on the client side it gives me an error:

Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: Operation aborted (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004004 (E_ABORT)) ---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80004004): Operation aborted (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004004 (E_ABORT)) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequestInternalClass.OpenWebInternal(String bstrUrl, Guid& pguidID, String& pbstrRequestAccessEmail, UInt32& pwebVersion, String& pbstrServerRelativeUrl, UInt32& pnLanguage, UInt32& pnLocale, String& pbstrDefaultTheme, String& pbstrDefaultThemeCSSUrl, String& pbstrAlternateCSSUrl, String& pbstrCustomizedCssFileList, String& pbstrCustomJSUrl, String& pbstrAlternateHeaderUrl, String& pbstrMasterUrl, String& pbstrCustomMasterUrl, String& pbstrSiteLogoUrl, String& pbstrSiteLogoDescription, Object& pvarUser, Boolean& pvarIsAuditor, Int32& plSiteFlags) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.OpenWebInternal(String bstrUrl, Guid& pguidID, String& pbstrRequestAccessEmail, UInt32& pwebVersion, String& pbstrServerRelativeUrl, UInt32& pnLanguage, UInt32& pnLocale, String& pbstrDefaultTheme, String& pbstrDefaultThemeCSSUrl, String& pbstrAlternateCSSUrl, String& pbstrCustomizedCssFileList, String& pbstrCustomJSUrl, String& pbstrAlternateHeaderUrl, String& pbstrMasterUrl, String& pbstrCustomMasterUrl, String& pbstrSiteLogoUrl, String& pbstrSiteLogoDescription, Object& pvarUser, Boolean& pvarIsAuditor, Int32& plSiteFlags) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.OpenWebInternal(String bstrUrl, Guid& pguidID, String& pbstrRequestAccessEmail, UInt32& pwebVersion, String& pbstrServerRelativeUrl, UInt32& pnLanguage, UInt32& pnLocale, String& pbstrDefaultTheme, String& pbstrDefaultThemeCSSUrl, String& pbstrAlternateCSSUrl, String& pbstrCustomizedCssFileList, String& pbstrCustomJSUrl, String& pbstrAlternateHeaderUrl, String& pbstrMasterUrl, String& pbstrCustomMasterUrl, String& pbstrSiteLogoUrl, String& pbstrSiteLogoDescription, Object& pvarUser, Boolean& pvarIsAuditor, Int32& plSiteFlags) at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.InitWebPublic() at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.get_ServerRelativeUrl() at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.get_Url() at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPContentTypeCollection.FetchCollection() at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPContentTypeCollection..ctor(SPWeb web, Boolean bAll) at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.get_ContentTypes()

the code is below:

SPWebApplication webApp = SPWebService.ContentService.WebApplications[someGuid];            
foreach (SPSite spSite in webApp.Sites)
{
            using (SPWeb spWeb = spSite.RootWeb)
            {
                try
                {
                    foreach (SPContentType spContentType in spWeb.ContentTypes)
                    {
                    ...
                    }}}..

Could anybody provide me with workaround or with the reason of the problem.

Answer 1

Hey mdi,

do you have any follow up information on this problem, as I'm facing the exact same error message now. How did you solve your problem?