Software And Architecture

In order to debug the application that is run in IIS Express in visual studio, following are the steps 1. Run the application /s in IIS express configured in visual studio 2. In the system tray or task bar near by the system clock, IIS express icon will be shown. Click on it and click on "show all application" 3. All the application hosted in IIS express will be shown along with the corresponding process ids. 4. In visual studio, go to Tools > Attach to process > in the processes, order by the process I'd and choose the correct process I'd to debug the application. 5. If the process is not listed there, pick on the "show process from all user account" check box in the bottom left corner of the window. 6. Leave a break point in the source and that's it. Hope this helps.

The following is an image that illustrates the working internals of Active Directory Federation Services [ADFS]. This image was created out of reading lengthy text contents from various web pages.

Glad that Microsoft announced that it pursues open source technology through https://msopentech.com. Lot of projects are developed here which enables to serve as a bridge between Microsoft and non-microsoft technology. Looking forward for some very interesting proceedings in msopentech.

The following steps are required to perform the Copying a Database using SQL Server objects exposed to the .Net Framework by Microsoft. Net 1. Add reference to the project with the following DLL files, Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo.dll Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended.dll Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Sdk.Sfc.dll These dlls are found in the following folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\SDK\Assemblies 2. Define a source Db and then the target DB, the source db will be scanned and then its contents [structure & data] string sourceDB = "cs_notification_test"; string targetDB = "cs_notification_test1"; SqlConnectionStringBuilder connStringBuilder = new SqlConnectionStringBuilder(System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ApplicationConnectionString"].ConnectionString); ServerConnection conn = new ServerConnection(connStringBuilder.DataSource, connStringBuilder.UserID, connStr

Though this post has crossed the exact mark of the 25th Anniversary of Web evolution. I take this opportunity to thank every one who worked for weaving this beautiful web that links us today, esp. Tim Berners Lee. Thanks for weaving this web so gregariously and I am also proud to be on a node exploring its untamed beauty.

A Short Note on SaaS [Software As A Service]. IMHO, I am building upon a short post on SAAS, this is not exhaustive, but I encourage the readers to share their valuable comments to improve this post. SaaS is an abbreviation of Software As A Service.AKA Software on Demand, where the vendors develop, host and operate on the software and make it available on the internet for its consumers / customers. SaaS is the most mature category of cloud service, since it evolved from the application-service-provider model of software hosting. With SaaS, software applications are rented from a provider as opposed to purchased for enterprise installation and deployment. SaaS is the most mature category of cloud service, since it evolved from the application-service-provider model of software hosting. With SaaS, software applications are rented from a provider as opposed to purchased for enterprise installation and deployment. Users Can range from small group to multitude SaaS Considerat

Following steps are to be followed so that the SQL Server can be accessed across machines or be accessed from a remote machine via Sql Server Management Studio [SSMS] Enable the following 1) TCP/IP, 2) Shared Memory 3) Named Pipes from all programs> sql 2012 > configuration tools > sql server configuration manager > expand sql server network configuration > protocols for sql2012r2de Now, in the “Run” command, put Services.msc and then choose the SQL Server and then enable the SQL Server Browser service Now try connecting from any remote machine. Trackback:  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5956926/unable-to-connect-to-a-sql-server-database-remotely

I have an employees table and an EmployeeTerritories table. The employeeid in both these tables are in integer datatype.   I have to create a new unique identifier column in both these tables and then update them accordingly. 1. I created a newsequentialid column in the employees table that will create new ids for the employees 2. Next, i added a new column to the employee territories table and set it as a foreign key to the employees table 3. now, i am in need of a query that will fetch the new guid from the employee table and fill in the employee territories table 4. i need to have a single update statement that do the trick by making use of the existing numerical id values UPDATE EmployeeTerritories SET empid = Id FROM EmployeeTerritories INNER JOIN Employees ON Employees.EmployeeID = EmployeeTerritories.EmployeeID This update statement will update the empid in the territories table based on the id matching. This saves a lot of time in comparison to the manual match

The following code snippet can be used to run the IIS Express [8.0] in my case to be run from the command line. The parameters are the path to the main directory, the target libraries [dll's] should be in a folder  called as “bin” inside this given path for the IIS to pick up and run. The other parameter is the “port” which specifies which port should IIS Express listen for the incoming request. It also logs in the requests and the response status etc in the command line. Sample : c:\Program Files\IIS Express>iisexpress.exe /path:”C:\Users\Saravanan\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Projects\console_app_in_iis\console_app_in_iis” /port:8089

This post illustrates the compatibility of OWIN with the existing technologies MVC5 requires ASP.NET/IIS but can co-exist with OWIN components. MVC is tightly coupled to ASP.NET, hence not standalone with respect to OWIN WebApi is fully OWIN compatible In order to find out where your app is loaded from, use “AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetupInformation.ApplicationBase”  The stage markers apply to OwinHttpModule, not OwinHttpHandler