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8/8/2006 3:42 PM
 
Ken

Joined: 7/9/2006
Posts: 119
Hi, thanks - here is what I get after turning customErrors off:
 

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

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.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace: 

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
   DotNetNuke.Framework.Reflection.CreateObject(String ObjectProviderType, String ObjectProviderName, String ObjectNamespace, String ObjectAssemblyName, Boolean UseCache) +465
   DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.MembershipProvider.CreateProvider() +38
   DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.MembershipProvider..cctor() +13

[TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.MembershipProvider' threw an exception.]
   DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.MembershipProvider.Instance() +0
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Users.UserController..cctor() +5

[TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'DotNetNuke.Entities.Users.UserController' threw an exception.]
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Users.UserController.GetCurrentUserInfo() +0
   DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.BasePortalException.InitilizePrivateVariables() +245
 
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8/8/2006 10:47 PM
 
William Severance


www.wesnetdesigns.com
Joined: 2/18/2005
Posts: 3253

As your site is on shared hosting, I'm assuming that you are using the Install version of DNN for both the original 4.0.2 install and the 4.3.4 upgrade.  As there are some major changes between the release.config files of these two versions relating to the MembershipProviders, make certain that it you have used the release.config file from version 4.3.4 and not the one (or the web.config) from version 4.0.2 as the base to which you copied the SiteSQLServer connection strings, machinekeys, and objectQualifer values, that you then renamed the release.config to web.config, and that you uploaded the new web.config to the host server.  In your FTP client, check the date of web.config to confirm that it has been uploaded and that it is not the old one from the original install.

Bill, WESNet Designs
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8/8/2006 11:08 PM
 
Ken

Joined: 7/9/2006
Posts: 119
Hi, I used the "Upgrade" version for 4.34, on top of the "Install" for 4.02, and for the web.config I modified the release.config from the 4.34 upgrade and renamed it web.config, then uploaded to the server.
 
Could the problem be that I used the upgrade version?
 
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8/9/2006 11:13 PM
 
William Severance


www.wesnetdesigns.com
Joined: 2/18/2005
Posts: 3253
The upgrade would be the preferred method.  Out of curiosity I compared the release.config files of both the 4.3.4 Upgrade and the 4.3.4 Install and found no differences that would account for the error you are getting.  I'm still guessing that somehow the old web.config or release.config (from 4.0.2) was used rather than the release.config from the 4.3.4 Upgrade (or Install package).  Assuming that all of the files of the extracted Upgrade have been properly uploaded to the server, I would again start with release.config from the 4.3.4 Upgrade, modify it to include the values of the connection strings, machine keys, and (if used) objectQualifier from the old (4.0.2) web.config, rename the modified config file from release.config to web.config, upload it to the server, and then visit the site again.
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