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5/7/2010 12:34 AM
 
Harlequin


Joined: 1/5/2009
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Is there anything special I have to do to upgrade? Do I need to do incremental upgrades first? ie upgrade to 5.0.. then 5.1.. etc...

Any advice appreciated, thank you.
 
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5/7/2010 6:38 AM
 
Ian Marlow


www.royal-southern.co.uk/
Joined: 2/20/2006
Posts: 876
Hi Harlequin
 
 I think that for a 4.95 site the best option is to go directly to 5.4.1
 At least one of the interim versions introduces issues that either need to be fixed or require a roll back.
 Several people who had issues (such as me) going from some version 5 releases to 5.4.1 report that 4.95 - 5.41 works.
 
 I have read that the xml module can cause issues and is best updated first or removed.
 If you have a lot of third party modules installed it pays to check the developers sites and make sure your instances are 5.4 compatible.
 
 I am sure you know this but it never hurts to also say - back up your site and its database before updating DNN.
 
 Hope this helps
 
 Ian
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5/7/2010 12:57 PM
 
Harlequin


Joined: 1/5/2009
Posts: 112
Ian Marlow wrote:
Hi Harlequin
 
 I think that for a 4.95 site the best option is to go directly to 5.4.1
 At least one of the interim versions introduces issues that either need to be fixed or require a roll back.
 Several people who had issues (such as me) going from some version 5 releases to 5.4.1 report that 4.95 - 5.41 works.
 
 I have read that the xml module can cause issues and is best updated first or removed.
 If you have a lot of third party modules installed it pays to check the developers sites and make sure your instances are 5.4 compatible.
 
 I am sure you know this but it never hurts to also say - back up your site and its database before updating DNN.
 
 Hope this helps
 
 Ian

 Thank you so much for the info. I am assuming I should use the new web.config in the new 5.4 and transfer my mssql info into that, plug that into my wwwroot folder then install the upgrade? Or keep using my old .config for the upgrade?
 
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5/8/2010 2:00 PM
 
Ian Marlow


www.royal-southern.co.uk/
Joined: 2/20/2006
Posts: 876
Hi

When upgrading (since 4.6) you do not need to do anything to your webconfig. The upgrade scripts merge the old and new.
I have never had this fail to work.
To upgrade DNN you simply unzip the new files and drop onto the old.
If you are able it is also a good idea to stop IIS but don't worry if you cannot.

Good luck

Ian
Mutate and Survive
 
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5/8/2010 2:04 PM
 
Harlequin


Joined: 1/5/2009
Posts: 112
Ian Marlow wrote:
Hi

When upgrading (since 4.6) you do not need to do anything to your webconfig. The upgrade scripts merge the old and new.
I have never had this fail to work.
To upgrade DNN you simply unzip the new files and drop onto the old.
If you are able it is also a good idea to stop IIS but don't worry if you cannot.

Good luck

Ian

 Thanks, I took your advice, did the upgrade and this is the error I got about 5sec into the upgrade... any ideas?

Upgrading DotNetNuke

Current Assembly Version: 05.04.01

Current Database Version: 04.09.05



Upgrade Status Report

00: - Upgrading to Version: 05.04.01
00:00:00.015 -   Executing Script: 05.00.00.SqlDataProvider Error! (see 05.00.00.log for more information)

 

Server Error in '/' Application.

Violation of UNIQUE KEY constraint 'IX_wodnews_Version'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.wodnews_Version'.
The statement has been terminated.

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.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Violation of UNIQUE KEY constraint 'IX_wodnews_Version'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.wodnews_Version'.
The statement has been terminated.
 
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