Last week, I got this fascinating requirement. The requirement was to update the 'tp_title' field of the UserInfo table using OM Code API's . As we all SharePoint guys know that any query to the content database (even a select query, as it can affect...

In SharePoint one of the most used methods is - " RunWithElevatedPriviliges". The common understanding of this method is that - Wrap this delegate around any method you want to run under the context of the app pool user's identity and hence with full...

Recently I was working on a SharePoint Workflow issue. The workflow had just two activities in it - The WorkFlowActivated activity & The CodeActivity activity. The WorkFlowActivated activity had normal stuff - activating certain workflow variables...

Now you must be thinking, how can a SharePoint hardcore developer say something like this? But guys sometimes SharePoint really throws in those cute “Surprises”. J Recently, I was working with a strange issue. I had a normal document library list,...