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4/25/2007 4:28 PM
 
Gary

Joined: 4/11/2007
Posts: 3

New to dotnetnuke -

Thought I had followed everything but . . .

Setup 2.4 Ghz system, 1GB ram, 300GB hard drive (all C) with Windows 2003 ent eval, MS SQL 2005, Visual Studio 2005 complete, MS Office 2003. 

Did the starter kit insall and then tried to do the ctrl-5 in Visual studio and received the error below - do not understand which object it is refering to.

 

Server Error in '/DotNetNuke Website1' Application.
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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.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings.GetPortalSettings(Int32 TabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +91
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings..ctor(Int32 tabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +83
   DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.OnBeginRequest(Object s, EventArgs e) +2710
   System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +138
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +65

 
 
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4/25/2007 5:55 PM
 
Gary

Joined: 4/11/2007
Posts: 3

More information - installing version 04.05.01 StarterKit

Note about previous error message - build/compile had passed the folder security testing and the connection to database testing and I used the Auto feature for building the database.

Tried again using the Typical feature for the building database and recieved the following:

Line: 107 Char: 13  Eror: Object expected  Code: 0 URL: http://localhost:3107/DotNetNuke%20Website2/Install/InstallWizard.aspx

Checked the dotnetnuke mssql data base and noted that the version table had been created with no data yet.
 
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4/28/2007 2:24 AM
 
Gary

Joined: 4/11/2007
Posts: 3

Tried to do the install today with new system using Windows 2003 std,  msSQLExpress, VC#Express, VBExpress, VWDExpress, IIS,.   Received the same error when trying to build the database.  Using "File System" type - this failed the same way.

Going to do it all again using "IIS" Type -
 
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4/28/2007 12:48 PM
 
Guy Jascht

Joined: 7/26/2006
Posts: 262

Actually i don't know where your installation failed but for the first thing is to delete the old dnn DB, create then a new one with a new user and login (user must be db_owner of the db). Then take for the first time a installation package and follow the installation in the docs.
Shortly is:

1. Unzip the package to arbitrary folder
2. Set followig permissions for that folder:
In Windows 2000/IIS5 the account to use is the {Server}\ASPNET User Account, in Windows 2003/IIS6 the account is the NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE User Account.
3. In the file web.config set following tags:
 <connectionStrings>
    <add name="SiteSqlServer" connectionString="Server=yourserver;Database=yourdatabase;uid=youruser;pwd=youruserpassword;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
  </connectionStrings>

and 
 <appSettings>
    <add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Server=yourserver;Database=yourdatabase;uid=youruser;pwd=youruserpassword;" />
...

4. Configure IIS: Create a virtual directory corresponding to your folder

5. Start over IE (e.g. here as a localhost): http://localhost/yourvirtualdir and the installation should finish without any problems

That is my '30 seconds' installation guide. I really recommend you to read the enntire DNN installation guide. Normally a standard installation make no complaints.

Good luck! 

 
 
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