I'm debugging a problem and part of my process involves dropping my database and starting with a fresh one.  However, DNN apparently keeps some config somewhere that tells it that we've already created the database and not to do it again.  Can someone tell me what I need to clear in the DNN config to have it re-install all of the database scripts if I replace it's database with a blank one?

I found that if went to the dnn.config file and removed the value in version tag dnn will run the install scripts.

After an install it will look like this:

<dotnetnuke>

<version>030202</version>

</dotnetnuke>

Just remove the "030202" and save the file and restart.

If there is a value, then it assumes that there is a valid db set up.  If the version is an empty string then it will query the db to find the version.  If that returns an error then it will run the scripts to setup the dnn db. 

Hope this helps.

Good luck

Bill