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12/12/2007 1:16 PM
 
Cary Mayo

Joined: 10/18/2004
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Hello,

We are chainging colocation facilties and I am moving all of my sites from one set of servers (WEB/SQL) to another. On one particular site I am fetting the folowing error and I can not figure out why.

Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: type

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.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: type

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace: 

[ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: type]
   System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) +2768503
   DotNetNuke.Framework.Reflection.CreateObject(String ObjectProviderType, String ObjectProviderName, String ObjectNamespace, String ObjectAssemblyName, Boolean UseCache) +582
   DotNetNuke.Framework.Reflection.CreateObject(String ObjectProviderType, String ObjectNamespace, String ObjectAssemblyName) +17
   DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.Data.DataProvider.CreateProvider() +38
   DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.Data.DataProvider..cctor() +13

[TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.Data.DataProvider' threw an exception.]
   DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.Data.DataProvider.Instance() +0
   DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.AspNetMembershipProvider..cctor() +5

[TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.AspNetMembershipProvider' threw an exception.]

[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.Security.Membership.MembershipProvider.CreateProvider() +38
   DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.MembershipProvider..cctor() +13

[TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.MembershipProvider' threw an exception.]
   DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.MembershipProvider.Instance() +0
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Users.UserController..cctor() +5

[TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'DotNetNuke.Entities.Users.UserController' threw an exception.]
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Users.UserController.GetUserCountByPortal(Int32 portalId) +0
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalInfo.get_Users() +17
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings.GetPortalSettings(Int32 TabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +1302
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings..ctor(Int32 tabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +82
   DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.OnBeginRequest(Object s, EventArgs e) +2900
   System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +92
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +64

 

This is a real basic site. I moved over the entire folder structure top the new web server and moved the database over to the new database server. I have made the neccesary adjustments in the web.config file to point to the new database. I am not sure what causes this error, but I have check folder permissions and everything seems to be in order.

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
 
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1/25/2008 3:29 PM
 
Mark Channon

Joined: 1/22/2004
Posts: 21

Did you figure this out, I've got the same error after doing the same thing?
 
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1/25/2008 4:28 PM
 
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This error relates either directly or indirectly to the MembershipProvider. 

I would first have you check to ensure that the DotNetNuke.Provider.AspNetProvider.dll file is in the bin folder.  Then, make sure that the node in your web.config where the MembershipProvider is handled is present and not malformed.  Additionally, check the case of the name, as it is case sensitive.

Finally, if you do not have the Active Directory provider enabled, make sure that node is commented out in the HttpModules section, as well as the assemblies in the bin folder that begin with "DotNetNuke.ADSI" are removed.

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1/27/2008 5:56 PM
 
Mark Channon

Joined: 1/22/2004
Posts: 21

Thanks for the reply, I've tried the above with not joy, could it possibly be anything else?

When I got the site from a client to do some updates I needed to add a new login, so I created a database with the same name, added the new login and then did a restore from the clients database, this all worked fine, I did all the updates my end and tested locally - put it all on a test server which again worked fine but when I sent a .bak file and all the dnn files back to the client they keep on getting this error.

 Any other ideas?

 
 
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1/28/2008 11:43 AM
 
Peter Ehatt

Joined: 6/25/2007
Posts: 35

Have you verified that web.config is correct, system.web machinekey set properly for target site?
 
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