When trying to view an item in a list which has workflows run against it, you get an error:

Some part of your SQL statement is nested too deeply. Rewrite the query or break it up into smaller queries

Problem Background

Trying to explain the exact nature of our configuration in this case would break many people's …

You may have noticed that I have disabled comments on my old posts. You may also have noticed that I have now disabled the Contact Me function on my blog.

Why? Comment spam, and more recently, a huge influx of spam via the contact form.

I will try to find a solution via some kind of community server plugin. In the …

Received in an email today from the BCS:

I am delighted to inform you that your application for Chartered IT Professional (CITP) status has been successful.

If you are using Forms Based Authentication and try to access Site Policies you may well find that you get an Access Denied response. If you do, this post will help you!

I've been meaning to post this for a while because I'm sure it may help somebody. As usual, it's been pushed back and back until now I finally have …

I've been far too busy lately and whilst there have been lots of things I wanted to post about, time has not been on my side. Before I start to forget some of the points I thought a quick post was in order.

• @media 2008 was great. Slides and audio are just filtering onto the blog now. A highlight for me was Indi Young …

A big thanks to everybody who came to the Server 2008 launch event last week. Andy and myself had a great time presenting to such an enthusiastic crowd. In the end we ran long because of the amount of dialogue around the new features of Server 2008 and I hope everyone went away having got something useful.

Now I need …