I’ve had this happen often and I’ve usually just left the unused master pages, since they aren’t really hurting anything. Today I finally decided to try to see if I could get rid of a pile of old copies of master pages I had lying around, and I found this Microsoft article which explains a workaround. …
I think I’ve found a bug in using aggregate data sources in DVWPs with SQL Stored Procedures. I’m trying to use the results of a Stored Procedure combined with the content of a list in SharePoint. I’ve isolated the issue to the Stored Procedure. The first asp:SqlDataSource statement below is what I want the data…
Sometimes when you create and configure a Data View Web Part (DVWP), you’ll see the PermMask column show up on its own in the DataFields or the CAML in your DataSource. This happens most often when you are building a Crosslist query (DataSourceMode=”CrossList”). The PermMask column contains the permissions mask for the item for the…
This is a little one, but a time saver all the same. I can never seem to find the “right” navigational route to the page which shows the permission levels (I think of them as roles and the page name backs me up!) in SharePoint. It’s the page at /_layouts/role.aspx. So: http://[yourservername]/_layouts/role.aspx From this page,…
Another name drop and tip ‘o the hat to Mauro Cardarelli for bringing this one to my attention. SharePoint Saturday is coming to Boston. I’m going to see if I can’t get in as a speaker to talk about my SharePoint Designer DVWP stuff. Working title: Developing with SharePoint Designer: The Middle Tier, Focus on Data…