Posts made in March, 2006
An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections.
The full error is: An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 – Could not open a connection to SQL Server) So I have SQL express running on my desktop and fired up...
Read MoreFlash Photo Galleries
I've been operating a photo gallery online for a long time, in fact I use https://gallery.menalto.com and recently upgraded to Gallery2 which is quite nice. But, with 5GB of images online it's time to clean up my act. Plus, we're a windows shop so I should have something more windows-centric. My gallery being over 5GB also made me realize that maybe this wasn't the best way to...
Read MoreMeet the Source Force — Free Training Virtual Labs — Free Toys!
SDN has a a new thing they've been doing for the past couple months called Source Force. Promoting a series of *FREE*, have you noticed I really like free, this blog should be renamed to "Jess's list of free and cool tools", Anyway a series of Free Virtual Labs on the MSDN site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/virtuallabs/. What's better than getting free training? Free toys! If...
Read MoreExtending IIS6 HTTP Error Logging
IIS6 has a new feature that allows for logging errors to a seperate file. However, little documentation is immediately available on how to configure this or atleast little know. Anyway, here's a link to a KB article at Microsoft that details what additional properties are available for loggin in the HTTPERR# log files:...
Read MoreFree copy of Visual Studio 2005 Standard and Free ASP.net 2.0 Training
Microsoft, Dr. Dobbs and O'REILLY are offering Free ASP.net 2.0 training with courses for JSP, PHP and Coldfusion developers looking to migrate over to the dark side. To sweeten the pie you also get a nice pack of freebies, including a copy of Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition, a 50% discount on a MCP exam and some other goodies. Regardless it's a good deal and the training...
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