Trying to install DNN 4.7 at discountasp.net.  Followed yours and their instructions to the letter. Verified connection string by connecting remotely via SQL Admin.  Spent several hours this site looking a the posts. Lots of similiar posts but no answers. Here is the error I am getting.  HELP!!!!! I am about to come to the conclusion that you CAN'T host DNN at discountasp.net. Corporate is the folder I created and set to an application under my root folder of the site.

> Server Error in '/corporate' 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.
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> Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
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> Source Error:
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> 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.
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> Stack Trace:
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> [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
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> [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) +268
>    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() +47
>    DotNetNuke.Data.DataProvider..cctor() +13
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> [TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'DotNetNuke.Data.DataProvider' threw an exception.]
>    DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalAliasController.GetPortalAliasByPortalID(Int32 PortalID) +38
>    DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings.GetPortalAliasLookup() +74
>    DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings.GetPortalAliasInfo(String PortalAlias) +14
>    DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.RewriteUrl(HttpApplication app) +3533
>    DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.OnBeginRequest(Object s, EventArgs e) +831
>    System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +92
>    System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +64
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> Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.1433; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.1433

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People are moderating but no one is held responsible to answer your question. It's also the Christmas holiday stateside and that may have an impact on how responsive people are.

DNN is a very functional framework - so I know it's not too buggy to work for you. Have you made any progress on this or moved on? I'll be happy to step you through the process and help get it working if needed.

Thanks

WB

Things to check:
- Are you running ASP.net 2.0 on the webserver?
- can the webserver lookup the specified host for the sql-server?
- is the file-structure on the server ok? The whole filestructure should be 100% the same as the structure in the install-zip file.
- Is the home-folder of the DNN-application set as an IIS-application-folder?

Succes,

Jan-Pieter 
(not a DNN-guru, I have my own problems at the moment with DNN 4.8..., but very happy with the DNN framework and support of the DNN community!)