IIS7 - Specifying content-length header in ASP causes "connection reset" error

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Published on 2010-06-14T19:18:36Z Indexed on 2010/06/14 19:22 UTC
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I'm migrating a series of websites from an existing IIS5 server to a brand new IIS7 web server. One of the pages pulls a data file from a blob in the database and serves it to the end user:

Response.ContentType = rs("contentType")
Response.AddHeader "Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=" & Trim(rs("docName"))&rs("suffix")' let the browser know the file name
Response.AddHeader "Content-Length", cstr(rs("docsize"))' let the browser know the file size

Testing this in the new IIS7 install, I get a "Connection Reset" error in both Internet Explorer and Firefox. The document is served up correctly if the Content-Length header is removed (but then the user won't get a useful progress bar).

Any ideas on how to correct this; whether it be a server configuration option or via code?

Thanks.

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