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Upgrading site made in DNN 3.2 to DNN 4.5

5/7/2007 10:53 AM

Mitchel Sellers

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Joined: 1/24/2007

Posts: 7846

Re: Upgrading site made in DNN 3.2 to DNN 4.5

From the look of your error it isn't liking the "connectionStrings" element. Can you post the actual text of the error that goes with this.

I only know of two possibilities of this.

1. Applciation is trying to turn as 1.1 instead of 2.0

2. The web.config is somehow not in the root of the virtual directory....(but typically it errors on another element if this is the case...)

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5/8/2007 12:45 AM

frz1

Joined: 2/4/2007

Posts: 6

Re: Upgrading site made in DNN 3.2 to DNN 4.5

I am telling u what steps i followed

Downloaded the source version of DNN4.5
Made a website in IIS
Unzipped the downloaded zip file in a folder
Pointed the new site to this folder ( i.e www folder ) and configured it to run in 2.0
Renamed released.config to web. config
Create a new database in SQL SERVER 2005 Express and changed web.config connection string to point this
Open my site in MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO 2005 , and run this by pressing F5
Installation process starts and new blank site is created
Now i installed my modules made in DNN3.2 in this newly created site
Now taken backup of database of my site made in DNN 3.2
Created new database ( called DNNbeta4 ) in SQL SERVER 2005 Express and restore the backup of database of my site
Changed the web config of this site ( which installed now ) to point newly created database ( i.e DNNbeta4 )
Now browse my site installation process starts but shows errors on some steps and finally shows this error page

Server Error in '/test_shark' Application.

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Source Error:

The source code that generated this unhandled exception can only be  shown when compiled in debug mode. To enable this, please follow one of the  below steps, then request the URL:

            

            1. Add a "Debug=true" directive at the  top of the file that generated the error. Example:

            

              <%@ Page  Language="C#" Debug="true" %>

            

            or:

            

            2) Add the following section  to the configuration file of your  application:

            

            <configuration>

               <system.web>

                   <compilation  debug="true"/>

               </system.web>

            </configuration>

            

            Note  that this second technique will cause all files within a given application to be  compiled in debug mode. The first technique will cause only that particular file  to be compiled in debug mode.

            

            Important: Running applications in debug  mode does incur a memory/performance overhead. You should make sure that an  application has debugging disabled before deploying into production  scenario.

Stack Trace:

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
   DotNetNuke.Common.Utilities.Config.GetConnectionString(String name) +47
   DotNetNuke.Common.Utilities.Config.GetConnectionString() +38
   DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider..ctor() +83

[TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.]
   System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandle& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck) +0
   System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean fillCache) +103
   System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks, Boolean fillCache) +261
   System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) +66
   DotNetNuke.Framework.Reflection.CreateObject(String ObjectProviderType, String ObjectProviderName, String ObjectNamespace, String ObjectAssemblyName, Boolean UseCache) +582
   DotNetNuke.Data.DataProvider.CreateProvider() +39
   DotNetNuke.Data.DataProvider..cctor() +13

[TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'DotNetNuke.Data.DataProvider' threw an exception.]
   DotNetNuke.Common.Globals.GetUpgradeStatus() +67
   DotNetNuke.Services.Install.Install.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) +248
   System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +99
   System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +47
   System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +1061

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.42; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.210

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