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HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error

The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration data for the page is invalid. <staticContent> <mimeMap fileExtension=".woff" mimeType="application/font-woff"/> </staticContent> This error occurs when there is a problem reading the configuration file for the Web server or Web application. In some cases, the event logs may contain more information about what caused this error. Solution: 1. Open IIS and click on hosted website 2. On the Featured View tab, double click on MIME type icon and check if .woff extension is present. If on click it gives error not to worry. 3. Open web.config file of project solution and check if .woff mimemap entry is present. If yes, remove that entry. 4. Go back to IIS and follow Step 1 and Step 2. It should show .woff extension now. 5. Check your website and it should work now. Author: Sumit Bajaj Thanks for Reading. Have a great time.

Uploading an Excel and Importing the data in database

This is very common requirement to read the data from uploaded excel and import it in database. Earlier it was a tedious task but not now, thanks to Nuget packages where you get so many utilities to make your life easy. In this post, we will also use Nuget package and perform the task of uploading excel and importing the data in database. There are two steps to perform this, 1. To upload the excel file on server 2. Read the uploaded file and import the data to database Step1: To upload the excel file on server    < asp:FileUpload ID =" excel_upload " runat =" server "/>          if (excel_upload.HasFile)     {         bool upload_file = true ;         string file_upload = Path.GetExtension(excel_upload.FileName.ToString());         if (file_upload.Trim().ToLower() == " .xls " |              file_upload.Trim().ToLower() == " .xlsx ")        {           // Save excel file onto Server           xlsUpload.SaveAs(Server.Map