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accessing a blob ; without using a webrole ?

I wanted to knw if there is way we can upload /download a blob; add remove view metadata without using a webrole ? If my application has a lot of gui, shud there be multiple webroles ? everywhere I see webrole's file default.aspx.cs has everything to do with the blob based on a event ; which is perfectly fine, but what if my gui is more...

Blob container creation exception ...

I get an exception every time I try to create a container for the blob using the following code CloudStorageAccount storageAccInfo; CloudBlobClient blobStorageType; CloudBlobContainer ContBlob; blobStorageType = storageAccInfo.CreateCloudBlobClient(); //then I initialize storageAccInfo ContBlob = blobStorageType.GetContai...

Windows Azure Platform, latest version?

I searched through internet but found nothing. The whitepapers of Windows Azure Platform say something like that: In its first release, the maximum size of a single database in SQL Azure Database is 10 gigabytes A few things are omitted in the technology’s first release, however, such as the SQL Common Language Runtime...

Windows Azure: Can't upload a 34 MB file on to the blob

I was trying to upload a 34 MB file onto the blob but it is prompting me some error XML Parsing Error: no element found Location: http://127.0.0.1:83/Default.aspx Line Number 1, Column 1: What should I do....How to solve it I am able to upload small files of size 500KB.. but I have a file of size 34 MB to be uploaded into my bl...

WCF Web Service Gives 404 error in Azure

I'm new to using WCF and Azure, but I have a WCF Web Service that works correctly when debugging in Visual Studio. I set the startup project to Azure, and I get 404 errors for any URL I try related to the service. Here is what I think is relavant code: From IWebService.cs [OperationContract] [WebGet(UriTemplate = "GetData/Xml?value={va...

Windows Azure : Storage Client Exception Unhandled

I am writing a code for upload large files into the blobs using blocks... When I tested it, it gave me an StorageClientException It stated: One of the request inputs is out of range. I got this exception in this line of the code: blob.PutBlock(block, ms, null); Here is my code: protected void ButUploadBlocks_click(object sender, Ev...

Windows Azure : Server Error , 404 - File or directory not found.

I want to upload some files of size 35MB on to the blob container. I have coded for splitting the data into blocks and upload it on to the blob container and form a blob using PUT. I tested the code for some files of Size 2MB or something... It worked well. But When I tried it for a large MB file, its giving me this error Server Error ...

Windows Azure Table Storage Error when in the cloud

hey, I downloaded the simple table storage sample on Cloudy in Seattle blog It works perfect when aimed at local storage but when I change to point to azure storage i get the following error Screenshot (on skydrive) http://cid-00341536d0f91b53.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/error.png anyone see this before? thanks guys ...

Checking if a blob exists in Azure Storage

Hi, I've got a very simple question (I hope!) - I just want to find out if a blob (with a name I've defined) exists in a particular container. I'll be downloading it if it does exist, and if it doesn't then I'll do something else. I've done some searching on the intertubes and apparently there used to be a function called DoesExist or s...

Azure Tables or SQL Azure?

I am at the planning stage of a web application that will be hosted in Azure with ASP.NET for the web site and Silverlight within the site for a rich user experience. Should I use Azure Tables or SQL Azure for storing my application data? ...

Provide me some samples how to send smtp mails in worker role

Provide me some samples how to send smtp mails in worker role ...

asp.net:Invalid temp directory in chart handler configuration [c:\TempImageFiles\].

I am getting this error Invalid temp directory in chart handler configuration [c:\TempImageFiles\]. While running my code. Intially I was getting No http handler was found for request type ‘GET’ error which I solved it by referring no http handler But now I am getting the above error The details of the error are Description: An unha...

Windows Azure: asp.net <appsetting> for ChatHttpHandler not found

I have a problem in setting the chartHttpHandler in web.config for windows azure Initially I added a chartHttpHandler on my web.config file <remove name="ChartImageHandler"/> <add name="ChartImageHandler" preCondition="integratedMode" verb="GET,HEAD" path="ChartImg.axd" type="System.Web.UI.DataVisualization.Charting.ChartHttpHandler, ...

Azure table storage: maximum variable size ?

I will be using the table storage to store a lot of blob names, in a single string, appended to each other using some special character. This string will sky rockets pretty soon. But is there a maximum size to the length of a property for a particular entity ? in my case the string ? ...

Replacement for Azure SDK Powershell commandlets for deployments

Hi, We've run into an issue with the New-Deployment Azure Powershell commandlet timing out; we've put in a bug report with MS. While they gave us an explanation for it (the path and timeout threshold used to upload through commandlets is different then what's used by the web portal); they don't have a fix for us. We need to get this ru...

Windows azure: Security Concerns

I am concern about the security of the data and application on Windows Azure... I read in a book that The windows azure provides security through service-level agreement. Can anyone tell me about the What kind of authentication mechanisms used to protect my data. How Microsoft provides these securities... ...

cloud and existing enterprise applications technologies

What is the significance of new cloud platforms and databases like Microsoft Azure and Amazon EC2? Is it a replacement for enterprise application platforms like .net or JEE in a cloud environment? Is it neccessary to use these or other cloud specific platforms, or can we implement .net or JEE on a cloud based environment? ...

Azure dev fabric crashes with SocketException when using DotNetOpenAuth

I'm trying to run ASP.NET MVC 2 web site under the Windows Azure Dev Fabric using the DotNetOpenAuth OpenID authentication. Azure Dev fabric itself repeatedly crashes (dfloadbalancer.exe), when I authenticate. Are there any workarounds for the issue that allow to use Azure Dev fabric and DotNetOpenAuth? MSDN seems to have some old dis...

Alternative to Windows Azure tables out of the cloud

Hi :) I'm developing a .NET app, which needs to run both on Azure and on regular Windows Servers(2003). It needs to store a few GB of data and SQL Azure is too expensive for me, so I'll use Azure tables in the cloud version. Can you recommend a storage solution, which will run on standalone servers and have an API and behavior similar t...

Is it possible to reference the Azure SDK 1.1 Microsoft.WindowsAzure.* assemblies from a .NET 4.0 Client Profile project?

I have a WPF application targetting the .NET 4.0 Client Profile which needs to use the Microsoft.WindowsAzure.* assemblies provided in the Windows Azure SDK 1.1. The problem is that these assemblies have a runtime version of v2.0.50727. I am able to add references to them from my WPF project but they're not recognised. I've read about ...