FIX: Error message when you try to use the Catalog Manager client to export a catalog to an XML file in Commerce Server 2007: "The number of elements in the select list exceeds the maximum allowed number of 4096 elements"

When you try to use the Catalog Manager client to export a catalog to an XML file in Microsoft Commerce Server 2007, you may receive the following error message: When this problem occurs, the following message may be logged in the event log:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Commerce Server Web Services
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
Date: Date
Time: Time
User: N/A
Computer: ComputerName
Description: An exception occurred in the 'ExportCatalog' Web service. Exception details follow: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: The number of elements in the select list exceeds the maximum allowed number of 4096 elements.
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection)
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj)
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.ConsumeMetaData()
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.get_MetaData()
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.FinishExecuteReader(SqlDataReader ds, RunBehavior runBehavior, String resetOptionsString)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteReaderTds(CommandBehavior cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream, Boolean async)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteReader(CommandBehavior cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream, String method, DbAsyncResult result)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteReader(CommandBehavior cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream, String method)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior, String method)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteReader()
at Microsoft.CommerceServer.Internal.CatalogExport.GetCatalogRecords(SqlConnection filteredItemsConnection, String catalogName, StringCollection languages, Boolean isVirtualCatalog, Boolean exportAsVc)
at Microsoft.CommerceServer.Internal.CatalogExport.ExportCatalogContents(SqlConnection filteredItemsConnection, String catalogName, StringCollection languages, Boolean isVirtualCatalog, Boolean exportAsVc)
at Microsoft.CommerceServer.Internal.CatalogExport.ExportCatalogItems()
at Microsoft.CommerceServer.Internal.CatalogExport.ExportCatalog(String catalogName)
at Microsoft.CommerceServer.Internal.CatalogExport.Export(Object obj)
at Microsoft.CommerceServer.Internal.CatalogExport.Export(Guid operationId)
at Microsoft.CommerceServer.Catalog.Internal.CatalogExportService.Export(ExportOptions exportOptions, String fileName)
at Microsoft.CommerceServer.Catalog.Internal.CatalogExportService.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

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