Blog Post: SQL Server, convert to and text from image field
Working with an integration to the ERP system Dynamic NAV from Microsoft I had a request to be able to put large text into a blob (image) field as Dynamic NAV in the version that I was integrating to...
View ArticleBlog Post: Book Review: Cloudonomics–The Business Value of Cloud Computing
Last week I read Cloudonomics by Joe Weinman and found it to be the most complete, well-told explanation of cloud computing’s value proposition that I’ve ever read. Besides the content itself, I was...
View ArticleBlog Post: DB2 adapter -The username is invalid or contains invalid characters
I had to change a username from mabri0 to svc_biztalk within the DB2 adapter. After I did this the DB2 adapter failed to connect anymore. I tried to test the connection using the Data Access Tool. It...
View ArticleBlog Post: BizTalk 2010 R2 CTP: Azure Service Bus Integration–Part 3 Sending...
This is the third post in a series where I discuss integrating BizTalk 2010 R2 CTP with the Azure Service Bus. In Part 1 I discussed BizTalk receiving a message from a Service Bus Queue. In Part 2 I...
View ArticleBlog Post: Packt Publishing reaches 1000th book milestone
Over the past couple years I have had the chance to work with Packt on two BizTalk titles:BizTalk: Line of Business Systems IntegrationMCTS: BizTalk 2010 Certification GuideDuring this time Packt has...
View ArticleBlog Post: Celebrate with PacktPub?
My personal favorite among publishers on integration is celebrating it’s 1000th title. “Join the celebration” and register before September the 30th to receive a suprise gift. More info on the...
View ArticleBlog Post: Installing MediaWiki to free Windows Azure Web Sites |...
One of the most famous wiki engines is MediaWiki; You may not know its name, but you may know Wikipedia which is running it! Un des moteurs de wiki les plus connus est MediaWiki. Vous ne connaissez...
View ArticleBlog Post: Versioning ASP.NET Web API Services Using HTTP Headers
I’ve been doing some work with APIs lately and finally had the chance to dig into the ASP.NET Web API a bit more. While it’s technically brand new (released with .NET 4.5 and Visual Studio 2012), the...
View ArticleBlog Post: Windows Azure Virtual Hard Disk (blob storage) Cross Account Copy,...
Recently the Windows Azure Storage API’s were updated to include the ability to do cross account, asynchronous blob transfers. This means it was no longer necessary to download the blob in order to...
View ArticleBlog Post: Integration Patterns with Azure Service Bus Relay, Part 2:...
This is the second in the IPASBR series, see also: Integration Patterns with Azure Service Bus Relay, Part 1: Exposing the on-premise service Part 2 is nice and easy. From Part 1 we exposed our service...
View ArticleBlog Post: Root element is missing
Simply a minor facepalm moment I want to document to help both myself and others avoid unnecessarily wasting an hour. Like I just did… You’re attempting to perform a ‘Validate Instance’ of a document...
View ArticleBlog Post: Keeping Your Salesforce.com App From Becoming Another Siebel System
Last week I was at Dreamforce (the Salesforce.com mega-conference) promoting my recently released Pluralsight course, Force.com for Developers. Salesforce.com made a HUGE effort to focus on developers...
View ArticleBlog Post: Installing the ESB Toolkit 2.1 on BizTalk 2010 R2 - July 2012 CTP
In the "Building Integration Solutions using BizTalk On-Premises and on Azure" on TechEd 2012 (video.ch9.ms/teched/2012/na/AZR211.pptx) is noted “ESB Toolkit as core part of BizTalk setup and product”....
View ArticleBlog Post: Reborn as BizTalk Web Documenter!
About a year ago I published a project that helps automating documentation for BizTalk Server – much like BizTalk Documenter but with the difference that this tools instead generates a dynamic web...
View ArticleBlog Post: Artigo “BizTalk360 uma ferramenta de suporte e monitorização para...
For the BizTalk Portuguese Community, I publish an article call “BizTalk360 a monitoring and support tool for BizTalk Server platform” on the Magazine “Programar” and soon I will translate to English...
View ArticleBlog Post: Opinions about BizTalk360 from the experts
Last week we presented at BizTalk innovation day at Stavanger, Norway arranged by Bouvet. Bouvet ASA is a Scandinavian consultancy which delivers development and advisory services relating to...
View ArticleBlog Post: Use SP.SOD.executeFunc(a,b,c) to load the SharePoint JavaScript...
A couple weeks ago, I was building a stock quote for a master page that required two images stored in /Style Library/Custom/; the images represented the typical stock quote arrows. In order to provide...
View ArticleBlog Post: Bouvet BizTalk Innovation Event Review
So the event ended, and I wanted to give you all an update of what you missed out, or what you may have seen! A total of 50 people attended the event that lasted over 2 day. The First day was all about...
View ArticleBlog Post: a schedule with parameters cannot have an activatable receive
You obtain this error if you try to have an active receive location and Orchestration parameters. When you have an activated reception shape, you cannot have orchestration parameters. So make your...
View ArticleBlog Post: Bouvet BizTalk Innovation Event - A great experience!
Last week I held a presentation at the Bouvet BizTalk Innovation Event (26 - 27 September). This was one of the biggest BizTalk events organized in the Nordic countries this year. Four BizTalk MVP's...
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