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I have been working on a WCF web service that I finally deployed to our staging server which runs over HTTPS. Everything seemed fine. I was able to hit it and generate the WSDL. However, when I tried running the svcutil.exe on it, I got the following error:

Error: Cannot add the transport element 'httpTransport'. Another transport eleme
nt already exists in the binding 'System.ServiceModel.Configuration.HttpTranspor
tElement, System.ServiceModel, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=
b77a5c561934e089'. There can only be one transport element for each binding.

Upon investigation, I realized that when deploying a WCF web service over HTTPS, you must set the ‘Security’ mode to ‘Transport.’. Below are the steps to do this:

1. Add the following inside the section:

<bindings>
  <wsHttpBinding>
     <binding name="webBinding">
       <security mode="Transport"></security>
     </binding>
  </wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>

2. Add the following attribute to the element:

bindingConfiguration="webBinding"

That should be all.

Below is a sample section:

<system.serviceModel>
  <services>
    <service name="MyWebService"
        behaviorConfiguration="ServiceBehavior">
	<!-- Service Endpoints -->
	<endpoint address="" binding="wsHttpBinding"
           bindingConfiguration="webBinding" contract="IMyWebService">
	</endpoint>
       <endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" 
         contract="IMetadataExchange" />
   </service>
</services>
<bindings>
  <wsHttpBinding>
     <binding name="webBinding">
       <security mode="Transport" />
     </binding>
  </wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<behaviors>
  <serviceBehaviors>
    <behavior name="ServiceBehavior">
      <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
    </behavior>
  </serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>

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Does it ever happen to you that you go to work in the morning, look at the screen and then ask yourself : What the heck was I working on?? Happens to me all the time. Maybe I was in the middle of debugging some code the previous day, or writing a unit-test or finishing up the implementation of a class or going through existing code to understand what it’s doing or something else. Given the detailed nature of software development, it’s sometimes hard to remember where you left off and from where you need to pick things up again.

Below is an approach that’s worked quite well for me:

Tells me where I left off

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okay i know this is lame.. but i am seriously getting a high from writing unit test cases.. seriously it’s such a rush to see 243 test cases all run AND pass in a matter of seconds… if i don’t stop i am afraid i’ll turn into a “testaholic”

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