What methods can be used to secure web services?
I'm interested to know what methods people use to secure their webservices from unauthorized web service consumers. ...
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Web Service using Rails + MySql Best Practices
Alright, I need some advice and best practices from some Rails people. I'm fairly new to the platform but I've done database-backed web development work before in Java. At this point I've worked through about twenty tutorials, and I keep getting obstructed at the same place. Here's what I've done and what I'm experiencing. I've created...
Why does my collection decide to start at 0 instead of 1?
I'm having a problem where a collection of objects isn't being accessed correctly when run on a thread from a service. I can run my unit tests fine in VS2008 but when I attach the debugger to the service i can clearly see that it's not starting at the 1 based index but instead at the 0 based index. I've tried everything that I can thin...
Practical SOA for a newbie
I am a total newbie to the world of SOA. As such, I am looking at some "SOA frameworks/technologies", and trying to understand how to utilize them to build a highly scalable (Facebook class) website. There are several "pains" I am trying to solve here: Composability (+ managing dependencies, Pub/Sub) Language-independence of services ...
Windows Services troubleshooting, recovery setting?
Hi there, Right now i have some sort of services application on windows server 2003 for inputting data from devices into database. Sometimes the services fail due to data error or anything else (database connection problem, internet connection down, etc) which i have to restart the services, right now the solution i provide for this pr...
Workflow Services Persistence not working
Hi, I have created a state workflow service and set its persistance in app.config. <add type="System.Workflow.Runtime.Hosting.SqlWorkflowPersistenceService, System.Workflow.Runtime, Version=3.0.00000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" connectionString="Initial Catalog=WFPersistence;Data Source=LUKA-PC\SQ...
How do I expose interfaces Property via WCF in VB.NET?
In C# I can do this to expose a property via WCF [ServiceContractAttribute()] public interface IFoo { int Length { [OperationContract()] get; [OperationContract()] set; } } I have to do it that way since OperationContract decorates a method but not a property. I'm working with a legacy interface that I can't easily chan...
use JOIN to join part of string in Report
Hi, I have an issue simialar to: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/300339/display-parametermulti-value-in-report is it possible to join part of the values together. I want something like: Join(Left(Parameters!Product.Label,3), ",") but this gives an error. ...
Should a RESTful 'PUT' operation return something....
I was wondering what peoples opinions are of a RESTful 'PUT' operation that returns nothing(null) in the response body? ...
End to End testing of Webservices
Hi all, first time poster and TDD adopter. :-) I'll be a bit verbose so please bear with me. I've recently started developing SOAP based web services using the Apache CXF framework, Spring and Commons Chain for implementing business flow. The problem I'm facing here is with testing the web services -- testing as in Unit testing and func...
WPF to WCF Permission issue
I have created a WPF browser application that I wish to connect to a WCF service. The service is in the same solution as the WPF application. It is the default service that Visual Studio creates with a method called GetData (int) I am attempting to call this service with the following code: var client = new Service1.Service1Client();...
Groove Web Services question GrooveMembers.Create
I am developing a proof-of-concept website site in C# that will take URL Query strings, match that to a paticular Groove workspace, and then invite the user into that space if they don't have it. I have the connect-to Groove Data Bridge, find the workspace, read the workspace members portion working just fine. I've come accross a stumb...
RESTful service operations for querying data
When defining a resource orientated RESTful service do you think it's a good idea to define an explicit operation (verb) for querying data? It seems obvious and easy to map CRUD operations on a resource orientated RESTful service using HTTP to operations such as PUT, GET, POST & DELETE but how should operations that query for multiple r...
Why won't my windows service write to my log file?
I have a windows service and use nlog for logging. Everything works fine when I run from the visual studio ide. The log file updates with no issues. When I install the service, the service runs fine but the log file never updates. I am running under LOCAL SERVICE if that helps. Yes, I have created the logs directory under my applica...
Creating a custom SSRS control
Is it possible to create a custom third party for Reporting Services? The Dundas chart controls are an example of this however I am unsure if support for these have been internally built into SSRS.. ...
How to stop a service within the OnStart method?
I'm writing a windows service in .net 2.0. What should I do within the OnStart method if for some reason I don't want it to start? Can I simply call the Stop() method of the base class (ServiceBase)? I've tried that and am getting some funny memory access exceptions. Is it required to start a separate thread to call the Stop() method? ...
sharepoint - deploy web service without creating a virtual directory
I have a wcf web service and want to deploy that to my sharepoint solution. in IIS I have created a virtual directory that points to the webservice in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80_wcf. the web service was copied across from the 12 hive to this directory. is there a nicer way of just deploying the web service and not hav...
Reporting Services paragraf
How to add paragraf to Microsoft Reporting textbox? When i put empty chars, they are not rendered, i try with Functions Space, LSet... VbTab.... For example i want This is text But i get This is text Thanks in advance. ...
Inherited Tables Not Accessible In ADO.NET Data Services
I am currently working on a project where I create a Data Service based on an Entity Data Model. In my Entity Model I have several inherited entities (Such as Orders (Base), Prescriptions (Inherited)). From my data services I am having a problem through the data service where I can't reference the inherited type (prescriptions) only th...
How to select a different dataset depending on a parameter value in Reporting Services
It is possible to select a different dataset (query) depending on the value of a parameter in Reporting Services? Thanks in advance! ...