Bash: Grep through a large number of files – “Argument list too long”
/bash/grep and /bash/rm give me an error Argument list too long. Here is how to overcome this error with Bash grep and rm.
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Connect to MS SQL Server with PHP 5.3+
As of PHP 5.3.2 you have to use the SQLSRV API functions to connect to an Microsoft SQL Server database from PHP. For example, use sqlsrv_connect() to create a connection resource and open a connection. Learn how to connect to a Microsoft SQL Server database using PHP 5.3+ and SQLSRV.
“The length of the URL for this request exceeds the configured maxUrlLength value”
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The length of the URL for this request exceeds the configured maxUrlLength value is an IIS error telling you the length of the given URL exceeds a limit. The Windows Server IIS maximum URL length is defined by the HttpRuntimeSection.MaxUrlLength property. Its value is 260 characters. This may cause problems with longer URLs, and here is how to resolve this maxUrlLength issue.
Microsoft Deployment Workbench: silent installation of various applications
Silently deploy applications through Windows Deployment Services (WDS) / Microsoft Deployment Workbench
PHP on IIS: “No input file specified”
When you host your PHP website on Windows Server IIS, you may receive an "No input file specified" error message, when a HTTP request is made to non-existing .php files. When this happens you probably have no Request Restrictions configured in IIS PHP handler settings. Here is how to fix the "no input file specified error" with PHP and IIS.