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Save Injured Birds during kite flying festival

2012-01-03T15:45:00.002+05:30

Yesterday I met with some volunteers, providing information regarding injured birds. The kite flying festival is on 14th January, 2012. Everyone will enjoy the festival but at the same time a lot of birds will get injured with the thread. I would like to share some contact numbers for Indian readers, where you can call on any of the given number if you see any injured bird: Volunteers

SharePoint 2010 Easy Setup Script

2011-12-31T02:04:00.000+05:30

When you are preparing a computer as a development environment of SharePoint 2010, you will face a lot of issues or pre-requirement softwares/service packs. I was planning to install SharePoint Foundation Server 2010 but wanted some easy steps to get that done. I googled and found an useful script. I would like to share the same: Click here to download the script You can visit the site at

What is Dynamic View?

2011-12-01T02:14:00.001+05:30

Google Blog is now available with new features. The most I like is Dynamic Views. What is that? Blogger now offers seven new ways to experience your favorite blogs. Classic: A modern twist on a traditional template Flipcard: Photos tiled across the page Magazine: A clean, elegant editorial style layout Mosaic: A mosaic mix of different sized images and text Sidebar: An email

Cloud computing is great...but what if it rains?

2011-11-27T21:39:00.000+05:30

A new technology is being used now a days in India, which is known as CD-ing. Do you know the technology details...if don't listen the details from Indian IAS officer. Its too hilarious video I have seen ever..!

Microsoft SharePoint is not supported with version 4.0.30319.239 of the Microsoft .Net Runtime

2011-11-25T20:55:00.001+05:30

Whenever you face an error "Microsoft SharePoint is not supported with version 4.0.30319.239 of the Microsoft .Net Runtime". Refer the following items: Cause Of Error: All server-side customizations directly for SharePoint 2010 need to be either the .NET Framework 3.5 or the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. SharePoint 2010 doesn't support access from .NET Framework 4 or being run in a .NET Framework 4

Google Chrome Multiple Services Running

2011-11-24T21:09:00.000+05:30

I am running Google Chrome with single page open (that is opened by default when you open Chrome) and I saw 6 instances of "chrome.exe" in the task manager > Processes Tab. Each one of them occupied a markable piece of the memory and as sum that came more than 100Mb. I Googled for a solution an found a combination of short cut keys to know more. "Shift + Esc" in Chrome shows the Task manager

Min (10) must be less than or equal to max (-1) in a Range object.

2011-11-20T23:58:00.000+05:30

During the development of using Visual Studio, I got the below error: "Min (10) must be less than or equal to max (-1) in a Range object." I have resolved the issue with the help of MSDN but still I would like to share the link that helped me to resolve the issue. Below is the link: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winforms/thread/aa45873f-5374-47c0-b5ed-a31c2e1fab32/ If

Amazing Google Secret

2011-11-16T23:23:00.001+05:30

We use Google as a search engine that helps user to find its required information. Today I got an email from one of my Friend Rushabh Gandhi describing a secret of Google Search. Google search has some tricks to play with. Below are few steps to watch the magic and enjoy the power of programming :) 1. Open a Browser (Google Chrome OR Mozilla FireFox) 2. Open the website (http://

Indian Railway Information: An unofficial fabulous website

2011-10-06T21:17:00.000+05:30

Friends!! after a short break I am back to our blog to provide useful information: I was looking for some information about trains from Ahmedabad and I came across to a website that provides a lot more information about trains in India. A website that every Indian should bookmark. A lot more information provided by the website, the website services includes PNR Status Inquiry Train Running

SQL SERVER : Rename all stored procedures in database

2011-09-13T00:01:00.001+05:30

I was working on a project and got a requirement from client to rename all stored procedures with some a specific work as prefix. I referred some websites and finally found following command, It renames all stored procedures as single execution. SELECT 'EXEC sp_rename '+ ''''+s.NAME+ '.' + p.NAME+''','''+s.NAME+ '.' +'your_suffix'+p.NAME+'''' FROM SYS.PROCEDURES p ,SYS.SCHEMAS s WHERE

Could not load file or assembly 'AjaxControlToolkit' or one of its dependencies. The parameter is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG))

2011-09-02T23:39:00.001+05:30

The title of this post is common error for .net developers. Sometimes, when you try to run your project, you may get this error Could not load file or assembly 'AjaxControlToolkit' or one of its dependencies. The parameter is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG)) There is a number of blog posts available on different websites. I have clubbed them here for quick

Dynamically changing META Tags in MasterPages from ContentPage

2011-09-02T00:49:00.000+05:30

In addition to one of my previous article reference regarding Changing Page Title and Meta Tags with Master Pages. The earlier method doesn't work in some cases so I was looking for some proper method. And finally I have found another method of changing meta tag values. You can visit the following website that describes the content with proper example. http://www.aspnettutorials.com/

Storman.aspx - In SharePoint have you ever visited this page?

2011-08-26T00:27:00.002+05:30

I was not aware before I read this article. It describes a lot about the importance of Storman.aspx. Infect it describes you the benefit of it and the use of that page in SharePoint 2010. SharePoint Admins, if you don't know Storman.aspx, you are loosing a lot....! Do visit the below link to read full article. http://blogs.technet.com/b/seanearp/archive/2010/09/29/sharepoint-2010-

ALTER DATABASE failed because a lock could not be placed on database 'linkoblast_DB'. Try again later. Msg 5069, Level 16, State 1, Line 4 ALTER DATABASE statement failed.

2011-08-17T05:20:00.004+05:30

Sometimes when you try to take your database offline. As soon as you run the process, you may face issue with following error message: ALTER DATABASE failed because a lock could not be placed on database 'linkoblast_DB'. Try again later. Msg 5069, Level 16, State 1, Line 4 ALTER DATABASE statement failed. Below is the simple solution to this error message: Run sql command EXEC sp_who2

An unknown error occurred while processing the request on the server. The status code returned from the server was: 500

2011-08-09T11:48:00.000+05:30

Whenever you face the below error message An unknown error occurred while processing the request on the server. The status code returned from the server was: 500 you can follow the steps and update you code files to come out from the error open you .aspx page html view add ValidateRequest = "false" text in @Page directive. Run the code, it should work fine :) /AlpesH Shah

Consumer Forum India

2011-07-29T11:47:00.004+05:30

Do you have any complain regarding a service you have received, goods you have purchased or any other that you have received after paying some amount? If there is any problem / issue with the service provider, seller or manufacturer, you can register your complain to consumer forum, India. Below is their official website where you can submit your complain FREE. Click the link: http://

GIF animation not playing in IE

2011-07-26T14:22:00.002+05:30

Can you see below animated image? Sometimes when you open your Internet Explorer any version later than 6+, it will not play animation in it. To make it possible you will have to following setting in your browser Open Tools > Internet Options. Select "Advanced Settings" Tab Make sure "Allow animations from web" is checked. If it is not, please check. Click OK. Refresh your page and it

Awesome Google Feature That You May Not Be Aware Of

2011-07-26T11:43:00.002+05:30

Considering yourself as an regular user, have you ever tried logging in to @Google services with some twit in you username? If not, here are some of the ways that you can use as username in Google account login. We will take your regular username linkoblast as an example. You can use linkoblast as your username. You can use maximum one period (dot '.') in between two characters anywhere in the

The file 'Default.aspx.cs' does not exist.

2011-07-23T12:04:00.001+05:30

In an ASP.NET project, when you compile your project it shows message "Rebuild Succeeded". As soon as you run your project you may encounter and error message that says The file 'Default.aspx.cs' does not exist. How is it possible, your compilation was successfull and a .cs file is missing :) Below is the solution that you can look into: Open your Default.aspx file in HTML source, and check

Beautify JavaScript Online

2011-07-22T16:16:00.002+05:30

Everybody likes beauty everywhere. When it comes to standards of writing your programming script, we all write JavaScript as an developer of any language either ASP.NET, HTML, PHP and many others. Some times it becomes very difficult to read statements written in JavaScript, especially when it is minified through some software or dirtily written by a programmer. Here is a great link

SQL Server: Saving changes is not permitted

2011-07-18T01:01:00.001+05:30

In MS SQL Server 2008 Management Studio, when you go and edit structure of an table you may hit head with following error: Saving changes is not permitted. The changes you have made require the following tables to be dropped and re-created. You have either made changes to a table that can't be re-created or enabled the option Prevent saving changes that require the table to be re-created.

Validate Input using Javascript

2011-07-15T11:24:00.004+05:30

JavaScript has been the most accepted language to provide on page validation for all web scripting languages. Developers working on web applications are keen to provide client side validation on their websites. I have some of the useful functions that can save your time and Postback for ASP.NET guy :) Validating the total number of characters allowed in the text box: Place the following

The content type name 'linkoblast' cannot contain: \ / : * ? " # % < > { } | ~ & , two consecutive periods (..), or special characters such as a tab.

2011-07-13T18:51:00.000+05:30

I was developing a content type in SharePoint 2010. Everything was good till I entered details in my Form. But it went wrong after I pressed "Create" button. I got a strange error message as displayed below: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPInvalidContentTypeNameException: The content type name 'Linkoblast\AddressBook' cannot contain: \ / : * ? " # % &amp;lt; &amp;gt; { } | ~ &amp;amp; ,

SQL Server : Executing the query "CREATE TABLE [dbo].[###] (Column 0] v..." failed with the following error: "There is already an object named '###' in the database.". Possible failure reasons: Problems with the query, "ResultSet" property not set correctly, parameters not set correctly, or connection not established correctly

2011-07-12T01:17:00.006+05:30

When I was Importing data from a flat file, I met with the below error: Error 0xc002f210: Preparation SQL Task 1: Executing the query "CREATE TABLE [dbo].[###] ( [Column 0] v..." failed with the following error: "There is already an object named '###' in the database.". Possible failure reasons: Problems with the query, "ResultSet" property not set correctly, parameters not set correctly, or

The request failed. The underlying connection was closed: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel.

2011-07-11T01:01:00.000+05:30

When accessing any web service you may face below error mesage: The request failed. The underlying connection was closed: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel. This can be resolved by adding following code just before you access the Secure web service ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback += delegate(object sender, X509Certificate