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July 2008 - Posts

Saturday, July 26, 2008 3:06 AM

How to update 'tp_title' field of the UserInfo table of the SharePoint's Content Database from the OM code?

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
Posted by varunmalhotra | 3 Comments
Monday, July 21, 2008 10:55 PM

Why does RunwithElevatedPriviliges not work in Event Handlers?

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
Posted by varunmalhotra | 6 Comments
Wednesday, July 09, 2008 8:35 PM

Workflow with a long processing time stopping abruptly with the message - "Failed on Start (Retrying)"

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
Posted by varunmalhotra | 1 Comments
Tuesday, July 01, 2008 7:50 PM

SharePoint's strange behavior rattles me!!

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, with
Posted by varunmalhotra | 1 Comments
 
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