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6/28/2007 4:18 PM
 
levinethemachine

Joined: 11/15/2006
Posts: 84

Hello.

Followed the instructions to upgrade my 4.4.1 to 4.5.3 to the tee.  When I try the upgrade it fails.  Stack trace follows...

Stack Trace: 

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
   DotNetNuke.Common.Utilities.Config.GetConnectionString(String name) +47
   DotNetNuke.Common.Utilities.Config.GetConnectionString() +38
   DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider..ctor() +83

[TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.]
   System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandle& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck) +0
   System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean fillCache) +103
   System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks, Boolean fillCache) +261
   System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) +66
   DotNetNuke.Framework.Reflection.CreateObject(String ObjectProviderType, String ObjectProviderName, String ObjectNamespace, String ObjectAssemblyName, Boolean UseCache) +582
   DotNetNuke.Data.DataProvider.CreateProvider() +39
   DotNetNuke.Data.DataProvider..cctor() +13

[TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'DotNetNuke.Data.DataProvider' threw an exception.]
   DotNetNuke.Common.Globals.GetUpgradeStatus() +67
   DotNetNuke.Services.Install.Install.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) +248
   System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +99
   System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +47
   System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +1061

 

If anyone has seen this please let me know what's up.  Thanks.

Regards,

ltm
 
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6/28/2007 5:26 PM
 
Guy Jascht

Joined: 7/26/2006
Posts: 262

Could it be that there is a connection string error in the web.config file?
 
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7/9/2007 3:54 PM
 
levinethemachine

Joined: 11/15/2006
Posts: 84

Well if there is an error in the connection string it works in 4.4.  I copied the connection string over without modification just like the instructions told me to.  It works in 4.4, but dies on the upgrade.  Could it be that the upgrade instructions are incomplete, or inaccurate?
 
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7/9/2007 4:36 PM
 
Guy Jascht

Joined: 7/26/2006
Posts: 262

I personally did all updates with the 'auto' option then everything ran over the web.config (and all updates worked fine - XP and W2K3 systems). In the beginning as far the install wizard was released, I tried other configurations and I had servere troubles (errors and databases corrupted). I had no time to feel out was wrong, so I decided to update with the 'auto' option. 

The exceptions you got did they happen before the install wizard pages started or during the update process? 
 
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7/12/2007 12:52 PM
 
levinethemachine

Joined: 11/15/2006
Posts: 84

This happened before any pages displayed.  I am thinking about just whacking the upgrade and starting over with a fresh everything.  It just pains me to think that and upgrade is such a hassle.  Thank goodness it is a dev system.  I could not bring myself to try it on a production machine.
 
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