Hey there guys,

Am new to DotNetNuke and have downloaded the 4.9.4 version (Starter Kit) and have installed it to my Visual Studio 2005. To create a new website, I goto New > Web Site and from there select the DotNetNuke Framework as an option to create a new site.

Now, while deploying this, I get into problems. I am using the default SQL Express 2005 database that comes built in with VS 2005 and since I plan to use the default database, I make no changes to the connection strings and just use the "Run" option to run the programme.

It builds the application for about a minute and gives me screens in which I have to select the options for installation of the framework.

• In the first screen I select Typical Installation and the language as English and then click the Next button.
• In the second screen, I ask it to check for file permissions and it responds with a tick in front of the names of each of the permissions indicating that all of them seem to be alright.
• In the third screen, I let the details already enetered remain the same as I want to use the default database and I use the "Connection Check" button to check the connection for which it returns a message in green colour saying "Connection Success".

The problem occurs in the fourth screen. It shows a progress bar that keeps scrolling but nothing seems to happen on the database. The bar keeps scrolling for a good 1 hour when I checked but there are no changes in the database. No scripts seem to be created and also no tables seem to be created.

After an hour, I was sure that something was wrong and just shut the browser off.

Am I doing something wrong? Is there something I'm missing out due to which these problems are occuring?

I also tried the same thing out with SQL 2000 database (after modifying the connection strings at two places in the wb.config file of course) but the same problem occurs even with that. The third screen says "Connection Success" but no scripts are installed or tables created in the fourth screen.

Has anybody come across the same problem before and knows the solution? I have been stuck in the same step for the past 2 days but nothing has come of it.