Flexible jquery based modal box or popup box -ColorBox

I have been using the jquery plugins for long. Many times I do need to implement facebook-like photo viewer in gallery pages. Similarly, mostly in admin pages of my asp.net web applications, I frequently us modal pop-ups for various purposes like ajax loading of content, iframe loading from other internal pages, confirmation and error show ups. Typically I used to go for separate plugins for the purpose. Lately I found the ColorBox plugin that satisfies both the needs. In one sense, this is a framework for me. You can visit  ColorBox and explore it.

Lets look at the features the ColorBox jquery plugin possesses.

• Supports photos, grouping, slideshow, ajax, inline, and iframed content.
• Lightweight: 10KB of JavaScript (less than 5KBs gzipped).
• Appearance is controlled through CSS so it can be restyled.
• Can be extended with callbacks & event-hooks without altering the source files.
• Completely unobtrusive, options are set in the JS and require no changes to existing HTML.
• Preloads upcoming images in a photo group.
• Well vetted. ColorBox is one of the top jQuery plugins.

For jquery 1.3.2+, ColorBox has its older version, whereas for jquery 1.4.3+, ColorBox has its news version.
Meantime, you may also enjoy browsing jquery with asp.net tips in this blog. To sate the appetite of enthusiasts, I have also posted a bunch of javascript with asp.net related tips and tricks which you may find useful in your asp.net web development career. Cheers!

Domain without www not working from plesk hosting

I use plesk hosting for my company. An error I got (and shocked with it!) was that my domain was displaying the correct site with :

http://mysitedomain.com

But did not work with:

http://www.mysitedomain.com

Later it was traced that, by default the www was not included while creating the domain.
So if you are creating a domain, don't forget to inlcude www (by checking a checkbox next to www). That will keep yourself away from the worry.
If you have already created the domain and have the problem, you can always go and edit the domain (from the very first page that lists all the domains) and update it to include www.
Cheers!

The database principal owns a schema in the database, and cannot be dropped

While restoring a database backup file in my hosting I was prompted with some error message regarding existing user in the database. So I decided to delete those users. But while trying to delete the users from my local sql sever management studio, error occurred.

The database principal owns a schema in the database, and cannot be dropped.

I tried out browsing the property of the user and removing the assigned scheme from the lists. It was somehow unsucessful. So I decided to go search for the solution and stumbled at doing it the most powerful way - through command.
Here goes the solution - Revoke the database schema assigned to the user and assign it back to the default db object.
ALTER AUTHORIZATION ON SCHEMA :: my_user_name to db_owner
 If you want to assign the schema  to another user, here is how you accomplish it.

 ALTER AUTHORIZATION ON SCHEMA :: my_schema_name to my_user_name

Cheers!

Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

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Installing sql server 2005 express in windows 7

If you started with sql server 2005 express editions in your windows vista or xp operating systems, you are sure to stumble while installing sql server 2005 express in windows 7. After having long time experience of sql server 2005 express in my windows vista, I just switched to windows 7 and tried same version of express in it. But it is not supported. You get the failure message sort of:

This software is not supported in this version of operating system.

The simple solution is to acquire SQL Server 2005 Express Service Pack 3. Choose 32 bit or 64 bit version according to your machine.

The story does not finish yet. If you are looking for sql server management studio express, you again have to look for service pack 3 of sql server 2005 management studio. Get SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express Service Pack 3 and get installed in your machine. Still don't forget to choose right version matching to your machine (32 or 64 bit).

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