The type was not expected. Use the XmlInclude or SoapInclude attribute to specify types that are not known statically

This is an error that typically comes if you try to serialize a derived object and the serializer does not know of  the derived class. There are some good explanations/solutions for this issue:

• http://www.johnsoer.com/blog/?tag=the-type-was-not-expected-use-the-xmlinclude-or-soapinclude-attribute-to-specify-types-that-are-not-known-statically
• http://www.codeproject.com/KB/XML/xmlserializerforunknown.aspx

 

Lock wait timeout exceeded; try restarting transaction

I was getting this error, because in the MySQL Manager, I had a select query open, that probably had the table locked. Ughhh…