Hi, I keep getting this same error and so do all my visitors. I'm assuming it's due to restraints with my host WH4L as the reason for the timeout. Can anyone tell me if I'm correct or maybe ran into the same? It's driving us all nuts and I'd love to figure out a solution. Any help is appreciated.

 

 

AssemblyVersion: 04.05.05
PortalID: 0
PortalName: ********.com
UserID: 3
UserName: ***
ActiveTabID: 37
ActiveTabName: Home
RawURL: /Home/tabid/37/Default.aspx
AbsoluteURL: /Default.aspx
AbsoluteURLReferrer: http://www.******************/tabid/88/pmType/MessageSent/Default.aspx
UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14
DefaultDataProvider: DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider, DotNetNuke.SqlDataProvider
ExceptionGUID: 483ce12a-63ef-4682-8ee3-aff500b08339
InnerException: Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding.
FileName:
FileLineNumber: 0
FileColumnNumber: 0
Method: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError
StackTrace:
Message: DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.PageLoadException: Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding. ---> System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding. at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection) at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj) at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.SetMetaData(_SqlMetaDataSet metaData, Boolean moreInfo) at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.ConsumeMetaData() at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.get_MetaData() at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.FinishExecuteReader(SqlDataReader ds, RunBehavior runBehavior, String resetOptionsString) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteReaderTds(CommandBehavior cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream, Boolean async) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteReader(CommandBehavior cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream, String method, DbAsyncResult result) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteReader(CommandBehavior cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream, String method) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior, String method) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior) at Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.Data.SqlHelper.ExecuteReader(SqlConnection connection, SqlTransaction transaction, CommandType commandType, String commandText, SqlParameter[] commandParameters, SqlConnectionOwnership connectionOwnership) at Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.Data.SqlHelper.ExecuteReader(String connectionString, CommandType commandType, String commandText, SqlParameter[] commandParameters) at Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.Data.SqlHelper.ExecuteReader(String connectionString, String spName, Object[] parameterValues) at DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider.GetSearchItems(Int32 PortalID, Int32 TabID, Int32 ModuleID) at DotNetNuke.Services.Search.SearchDataStore.GetSearchItems(Int32 PortalID, Int32 TabID, Int32 ModuleID) at DotNetNuke.Modules.WhatsNew.WhatsNew.BindData() at DotNetNuke.Modules.WhatsNew.WhatsNew.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
Source:

As mentioned above it is most likely an issue with communication witht he server.

However, i would do a bit of looking inside your database to see if you have any tables that have grown exceptionally large that mgiht be causing problems.  Most specifically I would look at the "EventLog" and SiteLog tables to see if they have massive numbers of recrods in them, as large tables there can affect other items as well.

However, WH4L is not known at being all that good for a DNN installation, you might consider moving hosts.  I personally use 3Essentials and couldn't be happier (referral link in signature)

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