A couple of simple things first:

1).  Did you set your connectionString with a password (if you need it) for your Database.

2).  If an SQL Server Express database is open in Visual Studio or in the Server Magement Studio then the web app cannot connect.

Assuming that you update all the keys correctly, if you got a new empty database, that means your orgignal database is overwritten, since you are doing an upgrade, you must have something in the old db?

 

Did you extract the new version files and place them on to the same directory of your orignal DNN site? Or did you create new virtual directory?

If you could provide more information, maybe I can help.

 

Hello, I need some advise please.

I have purchased a hosting package with an installation of dnn 4.02.

Im very new and not technically minded with website's etc, so I was advised to go with DNN, ive been very pleased with it but I always have errors and problems with the core modules.

After researching through forums the general advise is to upgrade!

But then I read a thread like this litterd with people, more technically minded and more competant that myself having great difficulties. I dont really feel confident in attempting an upgrade myself.

my site is only a gaming site for the moment, as a test-bed to learn DNN, I eventually want to setup portals and such to run some business sites.

I really dont want to lose my current website with the information on it, more importantly the forum and the registerd users.. 

I need advise on which version I should update to.. or should I wait for an upcoming release?.. my hosting company www.alentus.com doesnt offer any kind of technical support for DNN, (except one installation) should I seek proffesional assistance to upgrade? is there a reccomended company?

Thank you.
James.