Russell

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I am a SharePoint/.NET Consultant for Chamonix IT Consulting in Adelaide. My expertise is in SharePoint 2007/2010 and .NET development and architecture.

I love learning, mentoring and contributing to the SharePoint community.

You can find me on Twitter @RussLescai.

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Mar 5	comment	Self-service site creation (e.g. MySites) - specify Content DB Thanks - yes that was my line of thinking - host named site collections. The round robin is not ideal as some my sites could end up in other sites content Dbs. Looks like MySites still needs to be in its own web application. :)
Feb 25	comment	Locate Web.config for Host-named site collection in SharePoint 2010 Thanks @Francois - that is a very informative article.
Feb 19	comment	Powershell Enumerate through all site collections but not include one specific site collection A word of advice, before you test the "exclude" function, comment out the actual update code and replace it with debug code like writing the Url of the site - to confirm it has excluded mysites. :)
Feb 5	comment	Should I store serialized (to xml) object in SharePoint list? I would not suggest storing application-specific data in the configuration database.
Feb 5	comment	Unauthorized on XDocument.Load on Sharepoint This is pretty much the same answer as @Simon Doy s, except you are passing a StreamReader instead.
Feb 5	comment	Unauthorized on XDocument.Load on Sharepoint Depending on the size of the document, you may want to save the file to memory first, then try XDocument.Parse. That will separate your two proceses: 1. Downloading the file, and 2. Parsing the Xml document.
Jan 24	comment	Disappeared personal views Have you had any issues with user profile import or synchronisation? You may find this issue is due to not being able to map users to these views. Are users alerts still working?
Jan 15	comment	Accessing Sharepoint from 3rd party programs Glad to help :)
Jan 13	comment	Suddenly unable to save files to sharepoint Out of left field - if you have quotas and locks configured for the site, check the site is not locked.
Jan 7	comment	CAML query speeds There are many factors which could affect the performance - load on servers, number of users etc. You could do a simple test using a tool like SharePoint CAML Query builder: spcamlqueryhelper.codeplex.com
Jan 2	comment	Can I change Type of Default SharePoint Columns? Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. You can set the Title field to hidden in the content type and create a new field to replace it if you wish.
Jan 1	comment	Remove server from Server Topology list Thanks, as I mentioned it is a Database server (so SharePoint is not installed on the server) which was previously hosting content databases. Thanks for the extra info. :)
Dec 31	comment	Remove server from Server Topology list Also found you can use SPServer.Delete() in PowerShell to do this.
Dec 31	comment	Remove server from Server Topology list I removed the content database from the web application (in central admin). Awesome, missed the Remove Server link. :D
Oct 17	comment	Creating an Autonumber Column The link you specified to customise the autonumber is actually a question stating it doesn't work as expected using the calculated column.
Oct 17	comment	How can I get the current “full” URL displayed in the Browser? FYI - This property can be used by all ASP.NET pages, not just SharePoint pages.
Aug 17	comment	Setting Welcome Page Through Code Why did you take out the code from AllowUnsafeChanges?
Aug 16	comment	Setting Welcome Page Through Code Ok, is the path relative or absolute?
Aug 16	comment	Setting Welcome Page Through Code Does it work for non-publishing pages? Which were you trying?
Aug 16	comment	Setting Welcome Page Through Code Try removing "web.Update();" below the "pub.Update();". Perhaps the web.Update() is replacing teh DefaultPage property...