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…
About the “Microsoft SSIS Service failed to start” Issue It happened at some point to encounter problems with SQL Server Integration Services 11.0 (SSIS) not being able to start. This occurred on a Windows 2008 R2 server that has been regularly patched. After checking in Windows Event Viewer, I found…
The Error Message Under certain circumstances, you might be experiencing problems with the “Net.Tcp Port Sharing” Service on Windows Server, thus giving the error message: The Net.Tcp Port Sharing Service service on Local Computer started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they are not in use by other services…
This short post examines the error message “Cannot declare instance members in a static class” when developing in C# in Visual Studio. This article provides useful information such as how you can reproduce the error message in order to better understand its root cause, as well as how you can…
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…
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 Example of Exception in Visual Studio when Using the Reserved Word “Name” as a DataGridView Column Name. Why you got the implicit conversion error If…
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. …