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How to Get Rid of Orphaned Items in Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 content databases

Posted on October 31, 2012 by admin

The term ‘Orphan’ in SharePoint Server is used to describe corrupt entries in either the content database or the config database. You may have entries either in the config database that do not correspond to the site table in the … Continue reading →

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An Overview of Stsadm.exe Tool with the ‘databaserepair’ Option in Windows SharePoint Services

Posted on August 24, 2012 by admin

When a SharePoint database gets corrupt, it is likely to contain a plethora of orphaned items. For instance, a document exists in the database without a parent document library or a list isn’t associated with any Windows SharePoint Services website. … Continue reading →

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How I managed to get rid of a corrupt Site Column from the SharePoint Server database

Posted on March 20, 2012 by admin

I was very excited to learn about the new enhancements in SharePoint Server 2010. The most anticipated feature was Business Connectivity Services that provided scope for integrating external data sources into SharePoint along with the support for updating, deleting and … Continue reading →

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