Edventures in Normalcy

Runtime error in lib/db.mvc @ [00000164:00000024]: lib/dbprim/stores.mv: Line 202: MvOPENVIEW: mysql_stmt_bind_results: Using unsupported buffer type: 246 (parameter: 27)

I run into this one once in a while and always have to remember to upgrade the MySQL driver to the latest.

One of two things, either the patch was not applied\incorrectly applied, seen here:

http://www.bennadel.com/blog/1289-ColdFusion-8-0-1-Bug-Coldfusion-Image-ImageWriter-ImageWritingException.htm

with CF stopped

or the path is wrong in the code, per our example:

http://www.hosting.com/support/cfusion/captcha/

destination=”tmp/readme#tc#.png”

being run from example.com/subfolder

would result int he file trying to be written to:

C:\Websites\userdir\subfolder\tmp\

When performing the callback, Google gets the following error:

401 – Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials.
You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied.

I have not found the direct solution, but the workaround I have come up with is to put the page it calls back to in its own directory and disable basic authentication on that folder. The call back then completes. I recommend using a randomly generated folder name to prevent it from being stumbled upon by nefarious individuals.

Server Error in ‘/’ Application.
Validation of viewstate MAC failed. If this application is hosted by a Web Farm or cluster, ensure that <machineKey> configuration specifies the same validationKey and validation algorithm. AutoGenerate cannot be used in a cluster.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Web.HttpException: Validation of viewstate MAC failed. If this application is hosted by a Web Farm or cluster, ensure that <machineKey> configuration specifies the same validationKey and validation algorithm. AutoGenerate cannot be used in a cluster.

This error can be cleared up in most cases by putting a machine Key (and associated details) into your web.config. If need be, you can generate a set of these details here:

http://aspnetresources.com/tools/keycreator.aspx

Microsoft VBScript runtime error ’800a0046′
Permission denied

I recently had this error. Turns out the user running the script did not have write permissions to C:\Inetpub\mailroot\Pickup so the email could never be generated. I used Filemon to find this out: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896642.aspx

To reorder products within a given category
in your admin section, click on Categories on the left hand side
Then to the right of the category you want to reorder products for
click the “Edit” button
Once the page loads, click the Products tab
Then click the Assigned button
This will show you the products specific to this category
To the right of Product order is a link that should say Hide, if not click the word Show
You can now see the order products will show up on this category
If you wanted the Product 2 to be the first item, you can go to its box, change the 2 to a 1 and hit enter, not Update
You will then notice the order of products has changed on your category that you edited

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So you have some categories (image one) and this is what they look like (image two). Then you add a third Category (image three) and you see what it looks like (image four), but you feel this is a sub category, or a sub type of a main category. So what you want to do, is set it as a sub category. To do this, in the admin, on the far right, click Edit (image five). Click the Look Up button (image six) and chose the appropriate parent category (image seven). Then Click the Update button (image eight). Now, if you go to the site, the site by default looks like Image two, but if you click on Category One, it shows you the sub categories (image nine)

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To edit your settings log into your Seller Central Account, Click on Checkout Pipeline Settings under Settings on the left hand menu. Click on the Edit button. You will find the correct settings to set these to within your Miva Merchant admin section, at the screen where you edit the Payment settings for your Checkout by Amazon module. The correct settings are listed on the bottom. Keep in mind the Merchant URL must be a secure (https) URL. Then Click Update to complete.

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Server Error in '/' Application.
Configuration Error
Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service
this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file
appropriately.

Parser Error Message: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Web.Entity, Version=3.5.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' or one of its dependencies. The system
cannot find the file specified.

Source Error:

Line 46: 				<add assembly="System.Xml.Linq, Version=3.5.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
Line 47: 				<add assembly="System.Data.Linq, Version=3.5.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
Line 48: 				<add assembly="System.Web.Entity, Version=3.5.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
Line 49: 				<add assembly="System.Data.Entity, Version=3.5.0.0,
Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/></assemblies>
Line 50: 		</compilation>

This error message means you are trying to load the Assemblies likely found in .NET 3.5 Service pack one and the server you are on does not support it.  Easy to fix, download the zip file below, unzip it, create a folder named “bin” sans quotes in your webroot and place the 2 files within the zip into that folder.  That’s it.

Click here for the zip file.