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• suman83 Designing multi-company databases

  I'm designing a website that can be used by multiple companies. It seems that there are two options: 1) The set of tables used by a company is owned by that company. This implies a database per company. This allows each company to upgrade individually but could cause managment problems with having many databases. 2) Use only one database but place a company ID column on each table. This implies only one database for the entire website but restricts companies from being able to upgrade independantly. Are there any other options besides the two listed above If not then which option do you think would be the best Depending on the database. If you choose a mature database like SQL Server, ...Show All

• ClaraOscura Welcome!

  Welcome to this new forum, which is part of the SharePoint forums group that contains a comprehensive set of forums designed to cover all aspects of SharePoint Products and Technologies. I’ve held off on having these forums created for over a year because we already had a handful of newsgroups in place, but the benefits (search, moderation, filtering, stats, flexibility, planned enhancements, etc.) and the recent surge in usage have convinced me that it’s finally the right time to embrace forums as the de facto channel for community Q&A and discussion . This particular forum is for topics about Enterprise Content Management, which encompasses document management, records management, and web content management. Before po ...Show All

• Blaine Anderson Incoming Mail with Sharepoint 2007 and Exchange Server

  I have a test environment that consist of one server with Exchange and Sharepoint 2007. Is there a way to test incoming mail or do I need a second Test server. It appears as though I need to have smtp services running too. Any Ideas Hi Joe , this is a whitepaper that I wrote on configuring incoming mail using Exchange 2003 but without creating an SMTP connector. It worked for me but I know in some companies they have such a complex routing mechanism for mail flow that sometimes you just need to create a specific one for Moss E-Mail. One reason might be that they send mail to a DMZ mail server and that does not know how to route it to the Moss Server. Anyway take a look at the whitepaper and see if it ...Show All

• matthew lyden vs2005 moss2007 web part

  I've created a very simple web part in VS2005 and am trying to install it in MOSS2007 and am having no luck. Below are my steps and well I need help. ------- GAC/Web.Config Steps (MOSS 2007): 1. First drag and drop the compiled assembly into the GAC (by default c:\windows\assembly) 2. Open the properties of the dll to get the public key token 3. Now register the safe control in the web.config (i.e. ‘<SafeControl Assembly="MyWebPart, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=mytoken" Namespace="MyWebPart" TypeName="*" Safe="True" /> ) Web Part Gallery Steps (MOSS 2007): 1. In SharePoint, click 'Site Actions', 'Site Settings' and then under 'Site Collection Administration' ...Show All

• wadnerk Question about Sharepoint Security across domains

  Hey guys, I have a question about Sharepoint and how it implements security. In our sharepoint implementation we use NT Authentication to access several sites on the Sharepoint server. These users are in the normal form of Domain1\User. Each of those users were given individual access by the sharepoint admin (not me). We recently created a new domain which will supersede Domain1 and are moving users over to the new domain (Domain2). Now users on Domain2 are getting an NT Challenge window when trying to access sites and documents that they used to have access to. They can get around it by typing in the credentials for Domain1, but that isn't a good solution because that domain will be going away. I am not sure how to ...Show All

• Ronald&amp;#35;2 Cannot "Edit Properties" on a document when workflow running

  I have a simple workflow I created in the Sharepoint Designer that pauses until a specified date on the document then sends an email. I have seen the newsgroup postings saying that there are issues with the actual delay and rehydration, but I seem to be having another issue. As the workflow is running, in the paused state, I cannot go back and edit properties on the document (exception is thrown and I have yet to find the actual exception text). Am I missing something basic here We left the problem since the original posting, and are now back at a point of dealing with it, have either of you found a solution Thanks. I have a MOSS 2007 portal that's logging the same error: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlExcept ...Show All

• MrFile The site master page setting currently applied to this site is invalid. Please select a new master page and apply it

  I have defined a new master page and set it as default for the main site. Any time I create a new subsite it does not apply the new master page and defaults back to the default.master. The Site Master Page Settings shows this error. The site master page setting currently applied to this site is invalid. Please select a new master page and apply it The system master page setting currently applied to this site is invalid. Please select a new master page and apply it. Now if I select "Inherit site master page from parent of this site" and "Inherit system master page" and click ok the site will use the new master page and everything is fine. There is only one modification to the ma ...Show All

• Lentilbean Workflow created in SharePoint Designer doesn't work ...

  Hi, I created a custom workflow using SharePoint designer. It is okay when the system admin (the one who created the workflow in sharepoint designer) submits an InfoPath form to the library and then the workflow has been started. However, when a normal user (even with Full Control Permission) submits the InfoPath form to the library and the workflow cannot be started. Any additional security setup has to be configured when workflow is created in SharePoint Designer Thanks so much. Paul I tried my workflow and got "access denied" error. But when I still use this group and still haven't change the group to be "Anyone can see members", and tried the "Approval" workflow which is installed in ...Show All

• Caioshin Install WSS 3.0 with Search but without SQL Server

  I'd like to make a full WSS installation with the exception of SQL Server Express. If I choose "Basic" or "Advanced -> Full" intallation scenarios it installs SQL Server and I cannot uninstall it separately. If I select "Web Front-End", it then lacks search service (as per imbedded help). Is there any workaround well, as often, the way around the settings pre-defined for wizard is command prompt. So these two commands brought me a fully functional database connection and working Central Administration site. "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN\PSCONFIG.EXE" -cmd configdb -create -server <my server address> "C ...Show All

• Xi0N Installing SPS 2007

  Could I install SPS07 on SQL Server 2000 Your user should be in Domin's Network Configuration Operator's Group. - Cheers Eranga Priyakara In my test instance I receive "Failed to connect to the database server or the database name does not exist". Even through I use domain admin account. I install SPS07 on fresh windows server 2003 sp1 installation. SQL Server has installed sp4. Yes, no problem. That's our scenario! So the steps you took were you created a service account. THat service account was given the security roles of "dbcreator and securityadmin" and you set these accounts up in SQL. ...Show All

• dekernel I'm in a pickle with saving an object...

  Dear all, This is my first attempt at writing a distributed application in .NET using the C# language and I’ve now run into a hurdle that looks to be a little to high for me to leap over. It is for that reason that I’m hoping some kind soul may offer me a springboard from which to jump. Please let me apologise in advance for my ‘wordiness’ – I am the least concise, and most verbose, person I know. J This is what I want to do: Save an object’s data to a SQL Server 2000 without writing code that I’ll regret later. I have the following physical system architecture: A. - 1 server; B. - Many client machines. The application I’ve wrote so far is broken up into the fol ...Show All

• Justin Starnes Change "Title" Field's name to anything else in a Custom List.

  I am trying to figure out why my code isn't working correctly. I am simply trying to create a function that will change a field name to something else in MOSS 2007. The specific use here is to change the default "Title" field name to "Term" in a custom list. No error is thrown, code excutes as though it worked but in fact does not. Public Shared Function PFRenameField( ByVal PFOldFieldName As String , ByVal PFNewFieldName As String , ByVal PFCurWeb As SPWeb, ByVal PFCurListName As String ) As Boolean Try Dim PFField As SPField = PFCurWeb.Lists(PFCurListName).Fields(PFOldFieldName) PFField.Title = PFNewFieldName PFField.Update() PFReportDebug( "PFRenameField" , PFOldFi ...Show All

• aschaeffer How to Programmatically Access Wiki Content

  I want to write some code that spiders my wiki and consolidates the content into a single document. I know that I can create a view that has a similar effect, however, there is no effective way to sort the view in a logical order, i.e. if I spider I can go from page to page in the same order the document is laid out. Any ideas For anyone else's reference, here is the code: public class WikiExport { private StringBuilder _buffer; private List < string > _exportedUrls; private SPList _wiki; public WikiExport( SPList list) { _wiki = list; } public string Export() { _buffer = new StringBuilder (); _exportedUrls = new Lis ...Show All

• olgaF Setup Error: This product requires ASP.NET v2.0

  Please help, trying to install WSS 3.0 on a x64 W2K3-server that is running WSS 2.0, but i get an error at the beginning of the setup: "This product requires ASP.NET v2.0 to be set to 'Allow' in the list of IIS Web Server Extensions" I have verified that it is set to allow, so that is not the issue. " Try running aspnet_regiis -i at .NET 2.0 folder under \WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\. ASP.NET 2.0 shows up in IIS after I run the command. "   Worked! Thx. I faced an additional problem... I had IIS running in 32 bit mode, which was necessary for some database compatibility. Because I was running an x64 operating system, it wouldn't l ...Show All

• divineleft Events and Sessions

  Hi, I have one question regarding events and session. I have a session and inside it there are two services, namely A and B. Service A subscribes to an event of service B. A then requests B to execute an operation. After B finishes that operation it fires an event using the Push delivery (PushDeliveryMode class). This event doesn't get into the session but gets called directly on A (avoiding all the routing rules). My issue here is I would like to route the event from service B to service A using a Intercept service in between to perform some changes on the event and then route it forward. What I'd like to know is: Is it possible for session to catch events (WS-Eventing based) and route them accordingly to the session routin ...Show All