I'm trying to install CTP 2 using SQL Express and getting stuck at the 1st page of the install wizard. I'm sure I could figure out a way to get it working but I figure there's value in reporting this as someone who's just trying to follow the steps...

1. I downloaded the New Install version of  DNN 7 CTP 2
2. I extracted the zip into a DNN7CTP2 directory under Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Projects
3. I opened Visual Studio 2012 and then chose File -> Open Web Site
4. I hit the run button
5. I get to the first step of the install wizard and I fill out the UserName, Password, and confirm fields. I leave everything else as is and hit the continue button.
6. After a bit I get an error: ERROR:Index #: 0
   Source: .Net SqlClient Data Provider
   Class: 20
   Number: 2
   Message:

Also, there seems to be a styling issue with the dnnradiobuttons as all I see is the text.

 

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David O'Leary
Efficion Consulting

Sebastian, I know you're busy and you answer a whole lot of questions, but your answer felt like a major cop out to me... but, whatever, I'm busy, I was trying to help with testing but apparently no one was interested in the feedback I gave since no one else responded.

I saw the beta came out yesterday so I decided to give it a try. I again tried running it under Visual Studio 2012 first... I got an error about the Core Dependency being compiled against a later version and I fixed that by changing the project to run against .NET Framework 4.0. But then I got to the new install screen, filled out the fields like I did above, hit submit and got the same error reported above. So, then i tried it against IIS7. Same error.

Like I said, I could probably troubleshoot and resolve this error but if I'm getting it, I would guess lots of others are as well. I'll try to look into it further soon.

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David O'Leary
Efficion Consulting

odd, we do the majority of our testing against sql express and havent seen this problem. I did some quick googling and error number 2 shows as DataAccessErrorType.NetworkAddressNotFound, which doesnt make a lot of sense to me as sql express is local (so should not have any issue). Can you please try with a 6.x version to see if that works - also can you please look into the portals/_default/logs logfile to see if any issues are logged (I'd suggest setting log4net to All to capture additional diagnostics - http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Resources/W...

Finally - please ensure you're running under integrated mode and not classic mode.

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