IndexError: list index out of range – How to Resolve it in Python

Hi friends, in this post, we will be discussing about, how you can easily resolve the “IndexError: list index out of range” error when coding in Python. This is a common runtime error message you might get under certain circumstances, when coding in Python.   Reproducing the “IndexError” Python Error In order to better understand … Read more…

The type or namespace name ‘Office’ does not exist in the namespace ‘Microsoft’ – How to Resolve

Hi friends, in this article, we will be discussing about, how you can resolve the following error you might get in your Visual Studio project: CS0234 The type or namespace name ‘Office’ does not exist in the namespace ‘Microsoft’ (are you missing an assembly reference?)   Why I Received this Error Message? The reason you … Read more…

Missing parentheses in call to ‘print’. did you mean print(…) – How to Resolve in Python

Hi friends, in this short tip, we will be discussing how you can easily resolve the error message: missing parentheses in call to ‘print’. did you mean print(…). This is a common syntax error message you might get, when coding in Python.   Reproducing the “Missing Parentheses” Python Error In order to better understand the … Read more…

How To Manually Remove a Report Server Instance from a Power BI Report Server Scale-Out Deployment Configuration

Hi friends. In this article, we will be discussing about, how you can manually remove a Report Server instance from a Power BI Report Server Scale-out deployment configuration.   Why Manually Removing a Report Server Instance from a Power BI Report Server Scale-Out Configuration? There can be many reasons for doing that. However, the most … Read more…

There is no argument given that corresponds to the required formal parameter

When working with Inheritance in C#, under certain circumstances, you might get an error message similar to this: There is no argument given that corresponds to the required formal parameter. Don’t worry, the above error can be easily resolved. Let’s see a full example, by first reproducing the error.   Reproducing the Error Message Consider … Read more…

The operation failed because either the specified cluster node is not the owner of the group, or the node is not a possible owner of the group

So, you have a clustered SQL Server instance (FCI), you try to move (fail over) the entire role to another node of the cluster and you get the below error message: Error Code: 0x80071398 The operation failed because either the specified cluster node is not the owner of the group, or the node is not … Read more…

There was an error reflecting type… (.NET/C#)

Let’s say you have a C# (or VB.NET) project with namespace “MyProject” and you are trying to serialize a class named “MyClass” and you get the error message: There was an error reflecting type ‘MyProject.MyClass’. The first thing to check, is that the class which you want to serialize (that save it to disk), contains … Read more…

Microsoft SSIS Service failed to start. Configuration system failed to initialize

In this article, we will be discussing about the error message: “Microsoft SSIS Service failed to start. Configuration system failed to initialize”.  We will talk about what this error message means, as well as, how you can resolve it.   About the “Microsoft SSIS Service failed to start” Issue It happened at some point to … Read more…

The Net.Tcp Port Sharing Service service on Local Computer started and then stopped

This article, discusses the root cause for the error message “The Net.Tcp Port Sharing Service service on Local Computer started and then stopped” and suggests a solution to the issue.   The Root Cause for the Error Message Under certain circumstances, you might be experiencing problems with the “Net.Tcp Port Sharing” Service on Windows Server, … Read more…

There is no SQL Server Failover Cluster Available to Join

If you are trying to add a new node to an existing SQL Server failover cluster and you are getting the error message “There is no SQL Server failover cluster available to join“, then you follow the below procedure for resolving the issue.   Procedure for Resolving the “There is no SQL Server Failover Cluster … Read more…

A connection was successfully established with the server, but then an error occurred during the login process.

When you try to connect to a SQL Server database from a client application, under certain circumstances, you might get the below error message: A connection was successfully established with the server, but then an error occurred during the login process. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 0 – No process is on the other end of the … Read more…

Cannot implicitly convert type ‘string’ to ‘System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn

When developing a .NET application (i.e. in C#), under certain circumstances, you might get the error message: Cannot implicitly convert type ‘string’ to ‘System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn   Why you got the implicit conversion error If you get the above error, then you have most probably set as a column name for one of your datagridview column the reserved … Read more…

The timeout period elapsed prior to obtaining a connection from the pool

If you are working with .NET applications, at some time you might get the below (or similar) error message: Timeout expired.  The timeout period elapsed prior to obtaining a connection from the pool.  This may have occurred because all pooled connections were in use and max pool size was reached.   Why you get the connection … Read more…