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WSS 2.0 - Who deleted the site?
When I was recently onsite with a client, someone went and deleted an important site (WSS 2.0)…...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 04/02/2008
MCP Exams retiring this month
Windows Server 2000 exams retiring March 31, 2008 • Exam 70-292: Managing and Maintaining a...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 03/13/2008
SharePoint Logs
One of the great things about SharePoint, is that it logs everything it does through the ULS...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 02/27/2008
STSADM Custom Extensions
Gary Lapointe has written and provided some very useful STSADM...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 02/25/2008
Visual Studio 2008 Certifications - MCPD, MCTS
I attended a Live meeting yesterday in regards to future Microsoft Certifications for developers...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 01/24/2008
GUID Creator
If you ever need to create a custom GUID, VisualStudio actually comes with one (guidgen.exe):...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 12/19/2007
Import PeopleSoft info into SharePoint User Profiles
I had someone ask me about this today, and thought I'd share some information that I was able to...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 12/19/2007
Performance Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Even if you aren't currently experiencing performance issues with your WSS environment, it's always...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 12/03/2007
Shortcut to stsadm.exe
I'm kind of a shortcut nut - and the constant looking for stsadm utility has been driven me...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 11/17/2007
Unrecoverable build error
Ouch. This error has bothered me for a couple of days now, and I finally found a...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 10/22/2007
Turn Identity Insert Off and On
This is a really great thing to know if you are migrating data from one database to another and...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 10/02/2007
IIS 6.0 and Flash streaming (FLV)
We recently acquired an app that streams flash - but it was not working on our web servers (Winows...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 10/01/2007
Check to see if a string is empty
There are several ways to check a string to see if it’s empty. However, you should try to...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 09/20/2007
Add a Column To An Existing Table
If you need to add a column to an existing table with a default value: ALTER TABLE...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 09/12/2007
Adding a ListItem to a dynamic dropdown list
If you manually add a listitem to a dynamic dropdown list, ensure that you set the...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 08/10/2007
Enable JavaScript in a browser
Internet Explorer (6.0) Select ‘Tools’ from the top menu Choose ‘Internet Options’ Click on the...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 07/05/2007
Including a file in a Web Deployment Project
Argh Argh. I’m precompiling a website (msbuild) and then building an installer for deploying...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 05/11/2007
How do you write that connection string again?
Ever forget the syntax for a connection string, or do you just need to test a connection to a db?...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 05/09/2007
Compiler Error Message: CS0030: Cannot convert type ‘ASP.login_aspx’ to ‘System.Web.UI.WebControls.Login’
Argh. What a silly error this is. There are a couple of things that need to happen for this to...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 05/08/2007
Activating ActiveX Controls
Since Microsoft has released their new security around ActiveX Controls, you may have noticed that...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 04/02/2007
Change owner on all database objects by stored procedure
Another handy dandy script: ...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 02/22/2007
Earliest date known to mankind
Okay… maybe not mankind - but it is the earliest date SQL Server will except for a SQL Date....
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 02/02/2007
Different Credit Card Formats
Found a great page that details all of the different credit card number formats....
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 01/10/2007
Allow Only Numbers In A String - C#
Often you may have user input that needs to only be numbers, and the input doesn’t allow...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 08/30/2006
Difference between two Dates
Here’s some useful code if you need to know how much time has elapsed between two days....
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 07/31/2006
Regular Expression Library
Regular Expressions. Joy oh Joy. Here’s a great site to help ease the pain in writing...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 07/18/2006
Use an Image in a HyperLinkColumn
I’ve seen a lot of posts on boards of people inquiring how to utilize an image in a...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 05/09/2006
Formatting Strings in a DataGrid
In my opinion, one of the coolest .net controls is the DataGrid. There is sooo much you can do...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 04/14/2006
Determine how many records are in a DataSet
To determine how many records are in a dataset, you can use the Count method of the Rows in a table...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 04/13/2006
Date and Time in a SQL Statement (DateTime)
To get the date and time for a datetime value in SQL Server, use the GetDate method. It will...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 04/10/2006
Close Registry Keys After Use
To open a windows registry key using C#, the code would look something like this: RegistryKey rk =...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 04/05/2006
How to debug JavaScript in Visual Studio
Follow these 2 simple steps and you will be debugging JavaScript with ease. 1. ...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 03/31/2006
How to swap two strings
using System; class SwappinStrings { static void SwapStrings(ref string s1, ref...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 03/31/2006
Convert VB to C#
Ever find a tutorial or code sample that will resolve your current issue…. and Argh! It’s in...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 07/03/2005
Clear Read Only Attributes
I was recently working on a project at work where the actual development was being outsourced. ...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 07/02/2005