Two versions of the same document appear when you put a document in a SharePoint Server 2003 document library (841360)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003

SYMPTOMS

Two versions of a document are created when you put a document in a document library. This problem occurs whether you use a drag operation or a copy-and-paste operation to put the document in the document library.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when following conditions are true:
  • The document library is on a server that is running Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003.
  • The document library is in Explorer view.
  • The document library has the Document Versions feature enabled.
If these conditions are true when you put a document in the document library, the following two requests are sent to the SharePoint Portal server:
  • A request to put the document in the document library
  • A request to set the document properties
When this behavior occurs, the Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Redirector makes two different calls to the server while the WebDAV Redirector is uploading the document. Each call creates a new version of the document.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, you must upload documents to the document library. Follow these steps:
  1. Click Upload Document.
  2. Click Browse, and then locate the document that you want to put in the document library.
  3. Click Open.
  4. Fill in any required properties for documents in the document library.
  5. Click Save and Close.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/15/2006
Keywords:kbWebFolder kbBug kbfix kbHotfixServer KB841360 kbAudITPRO kbAudEndUser
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