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October 30, 2013

IIS HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable

This error might happen if the application pool for the web site account password is changed and not updated,
  • Open the IIS Manager
  • Go to Application Pools
  • Select the Application Pool related to the website.
  • Right Click and select Advanced Settings
  • under Process Model Select Identity
  • Click on ... button next to the the user name
  • Click on "Set"
  • Enter the user name and new password
  • Click Ok and close the popup windoos
  • Start the application Pool
  • April 24, 2013

    Not able to drop sql server database

    Error Message:

    An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)

    Cannot drop the database '' because it is being used for replication. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 3724)


    Resolution:
      Execute the following command then drop the database. 

    sp_removedbreplication ''