Hi All,

When running 5.1.4 upgrade over 5.1.1 setup with web.config copied from 5.1.4 upgrade's release.config, renamed and with my 5.1.1 site custom web.config entries added manually I'm getting my setup finished unsuccessfully (It tries to create myWebSite (?)...).  And web site becomes inoperable - I'm getting "Object reference not set..." when trying to browse to a home page

When running the same upgrade with my original custom 5.1.1 web.config - it works well.

This is a first time I'm upgrading my DNN web site - please advise what is the best way to proceed now.

Should  I  just edit upgraded web.config to add entries from 5.1.4 release.config?

Thank you.

--Shamil

Thank you, Sebastian,

And upgrade process doesn't need release.web file? I'm not sure I did copy it into the folder where DNN 5.1.1 was installed. Does upgrade process use development.config to update existing web.config file.

BTW, I tried to find upgrade tips/instructions for 5.1.4, and what I found was this blog entry:

http://www.mitchelsellers.com/blogs/articletype/articleview/articleid/22.aspx

and I "religiously" followed it :)

Thank you.

--Shamil

Thank you, Sebastian,

I have just run (before your reply appeared here) yet another test upgrade with release.config copied to my site folder - setup worked well, and it almost didn't change anything in my original web.config - just FriendlyURL entry, which I have had edited into several lines was changed into one line.

I have also checked release.config against web.config and I have found that release.config has several entries, which are absent in my web.config, namely:

    <handlers>
      <add name="AJAX_ScriptResourceHandler" path="ScriptResource.axd" verb="GET,HEAD" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptResourceHandler, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" preCondition="integratedMode,runtimeVersionv2.0" />
      <add name="AJAX_AppServiceHandler" path="*_AppService.axd" verb="*" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" preCondition="integratedMode,runtimeVersionv2.0" />
      <add name="AJAX_WebServiceHandler" path="*.asmx" verb="*" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" preCondition="integratedMode,runtimeVersionv2.0" />
....

Should I ignore that fact?

Should I add those entries to web config manualy?

Thank you.

--Shamil

P.S. Here is my successful upgrade protocol:

Upgrading DotNetNuke
Current Assembly Version: 05.01.04
Current Database Version: 05.01.01

Upgrade Status Report
00:00:00.021 - Upgrading to Version: 05.01.04
00:00:00.535 -   Executing Script: 05.01.02.SqlDataProvider Success
00:00:00.890 -   Executing Script: 05.01.03.SqlDataProvider Success
00:00:01.573 -   Executing Script: 05.01.04.SqlDataProvider Success
00:00:01.604 -   Executing Application Upgrades: 05.01.02 Success
00:00:01.604 -   Executing Application Upgrades: 05.01.03 Success
00:00:02.142 -   Executing Application Upgrades: 05.01.04 Success
00:00:02.143 -   Cleaning Up Files: 05.01.02 Success
00:00:02.143 -   Cleaning Up Files: 05.01.03 Success
00:00:02.144 -   Cleaning Up Files: 05.01.04 Success
00:00:02.144 -   Updating Config Files: 05.01.02 Success
00:00:02.145 -   Updating Config Files: 05.01.03 Success
00:00:02.145 -   Updating Config Files: 05.01.04 Success
00:00:02.145 - Performing General Upgrades
00:00:02.672 - Installing Optional Modules:
00:00:02.675 -   Installing Package File HTML_Community_05.01.04_Install:  Success
00:00:05.216 - Installing Optional Skins:
00:00:05.216 - Installing Optional Containers:
00:00:05.216 - Installing Optional Languages:
00:00:05.216 - Installing Optional Providers:
00:00:05.217 -   Installing Package File AspNetMembershipProvider_05.01.03_Install:  Success
00:00:05.429 -   Installing Package File CorePermissionProvider_05.01.01_Install:  Success
00:00:05.478 -   Installing Package File DatabaseLoggingProvider_05.01.01_Install:  Success
00:00:05.525 -   Installing Package File DNNMembershipProvider_05.01.03_Install:  Success
00:00:05.618 -   Installing Package File DNNMenuNavigationProvider_05.01.00_Install:  Success
00:00:05.676 -   Installing Package File DNNTreeNavigationProvider_05.01.00_Install:  Success
00:00:05.730 -   Installing Package File FckHtmlEditorProvider_02.00.04_Install:  Success
00:00:08.307 -   Installing Package File FileBasedCachingProvider_05.01.03_Install:  Success
00:00:08.513 -   Installing Package File SchedulingProvider_05.01.00_Install:  Success
00:00:08.568 -   Installing Package File SearchIndexProvider_05.01.00_Install:  Success
00:00:08.618 -   Installing Package File SearchProvider_05.01.01_Install:  Success
00:00:08.654 -   Installing Package File SolpartMenuNavigationProvider_05.01.00_Install:  Success
00:00:08.740 - Installing Optional AuthSystems:
00:00:08.741 -   Installing Package File LiveID_01.00.01_Install:  Success
00:00:08.799 -   Installing Package File OpenID_02.00.00_Install:  Success
00:00:08.872 - Installing Optional Packages:
Upgrade Complete