The "Cannot proceed" error message is logged to the Spin.exe error log when you try to import content to a SharePoint Portal Server 2003 subsite (839797)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003

SYMPTOMS

You may find that you cannot use the Document Library Import Tool (Spin.exe) to import content from a Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server Web Storage System-based document library to a document library in a Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 subsite. When you try to do this, error messages that are similar to the following are logged to the Spin.exe error log:
http://ServerName/sites/SiteName/SubsiteName is not a valid team site. The longest valid prefix is http://ServerName/sites/SiteName

http://ServerName/sites/SiteName/SubsiteName is not a valid site. Cannot proceed.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if Spin.exe assumes that the URL of the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 subsite in the command-line represents a parent site instead of a subsite.

RESOLUTION

This problem is corrected in Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 2.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for SharePoint Portal Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

889380 How to obtain the latest service pack for SharePoint Portal Server 2003

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. This problem was first corrected in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 2.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

MORE INFORMATION

The SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Document Library Migration Tools, Spout.exe and Spin.exe, are tools that you can use to migrate documents and metadata from SharePoint Portal Server Web Storage System-based document libraries to SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Microsoft SQL Server document libraries. To obtain the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Document Library Migration Tools, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=feea83b4-7f46-4040-bce2-5341e5c1b107&displaylang=en

For more information about how to migrate documents and metadata from SharePoint Portal Server Web Storage System-based document libraries to SharePoint Portal Server 2003 SQL Server-based document libraries, see the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Advanced Migration Scenarios white paper. To view this white paper, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4925b907-0dd8-4be0-af9f-02c8543f47c9&displaylang=en

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/12/2006
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