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"The data source control failed to execute the insert (or update) command", or How to Make Your Workday a Bit Shorter
Custom list. Custom New/Edit/View forms. Everything works perfectly... until the latest round of updates. Now if you Bingle this error message, you'll get about twenty possible causes that run the gamut from a known bug, an unknown bug, and fixed/not...
Removing the 12:00 timestamp from Calendar View
Occasionally, you have a calendar full of all-day events and you don't want the calendar cluttered up with redundant timestamps. Here's a simple client-side script, suitable for framing (or a master page, or a content editor web part) that will cut down...
Nitpicking that matters: changing default forms on a SharePoint 2007 list
This is a fairly common request, but the solution is often missing one crucial point. To use a custom New/Edit/Display form on your list, proceed as follows: Open your site in SharePoint Designer. Right-click the desired List (under the Lists node) and...
Phone number mask in a DataView WebPart (DVWP)
This came up today on the [sharepointdiscussions] list. A user needed to display a read-only field in a phone number format; it's pretty simple, but it may be just what you need. Assuming your list item contains a field called "Phone Number" (with a space...
Simple Pleasures in SP 2010: TryGetList method
How many times has this happened to you? SPSite site = new SPSite("url"); SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb(); SPList list = web.Lists["ListName"]; ERROR!!! ...because, of course, that list happens not to exist! Have you ever wished for a better approach than...
FBA and the SSPPP (Shared Service Provider People Picker)
This week, I had to create a few profiles (by hand) for Forms Auth user accounts. Of course, in order to do this, you need to make sure the SSP's People Picker can recognize them. I dutifully added the provider info and the requisite connection string...
SharePoint Designer does it again
Did you know that when you're working on custom Edit form and add an extra field via the Columns command, SharePoint Designer will sometimes add the field in Insert mode instead of Update mode? Yes, it will. Sometimes. The binding portion of the field...
Audiencing with Forms-Based Authentication (FBA)
This really is no different from when you create an audience with regular old NTLM (Windows Authentication). The difference is that while the AD provider is set up by default in all environments, the extra membership provider (that you use for Forms Authentication...
When SharePoint Designer has its own designs
Recently, a colleague came to me with a simple task and an inscrutable error. He just wanted to populate a text field with a querystring value. If you've ever done this in SPD, you know it's fairly simple: create a parameter, map it to a querystring value...
A Quick Primer on SharePoint Customization
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