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HTTP 500 java.lang.OutOfMemoryErrror using Apache Tomcat with IBM Cognos BI

Troubleshooting


Problem

You may experience the following error message in Cognos Connection: HTTP Status 500 type: Exception report description: javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet execution threw an exception root cause java.lang.OutOfMemory java.lang.StringBuffer.ensureCapacityImpl(StringBuffer.java:335) java.lang.StringBuffer.append(StringBuffer.java:201) java.io.StringWriter.Write(StringWriter.java)

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Document Information

More support for:
Cognos Business Intelligence

Software version:
10.2.1, 10.2, 10.1.1, 10.1

Operating system(s):
AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Document number:
525483

Modified date:
08 May 2025

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swg21695699

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