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10/17/2007 7:34 PM
 
Briana Tarrance


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I am going Nuts! Please Help me figure out how to connect to an external database. I have tried everything I can think of and I keep getting the same error. From debugging I can see that I either hook up directly to the default database or to nothing at all. I can't seem to figure out how to do this.

Here is what I have tried so far:

#1) In my sqlDataProvider.vb -

Dim objProvider As Framework.Providers.Provider = CType(_providerConfiguration.Providers(_providerConfiguration.DefaultProvider), Framework.Providers.Provider) changed to  Dim objProvider As Framework.Providers.Provider = CType(_providerConfiguration.Providers("myConnect), Framework.Providers.Provider)                   

Did not work.

So, then I put that back to the original setting and did the following:

#2)I added the following to the web.config file

<

sectionGroup name="dotnetnuke">

<

 

section name="asnmodules" requirePermission="false" type="DotNetNuke.Framework.Providers.ProviderConfigurationHandler, DotNetNuke"/>

and then I added this under </data>

<!--

<

<

<

<

This custom area is to hook up to external databases-->asnmodules defaultProvider="SqlDataProvider">providers>clear />add name="SqlDataProvider"

 

type="DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider, DotNetNuke.SqlDataProvider"

 

connectionString="Data Source=ASN-SQL1\TEST;Initial Catalog=AutosoftOffice;Integrated Security=True"

 

upgradeConnectionString=""

 

providerPath="~\Providers\DataProviders\SqlDataProvider\"

 

objectQualifier=""

 

</

</

<!--

 

Private

 

' dynamically create provider

 

objProvider =

 

 

can someone PLEASE help save my sanity (and hair) and show me how to make a valid connection to an external database. BTW, I want to be able to use this from teh DAL. Thanks so much!

Private Shared Sub CreateProvider()CType(Framework.Reflection.CreateObject("asnmodules", "AutoSoftNET.PRCO", ""), DataProvider)    (also originally "data")End Sub Const ProviderType As String = "asnmodules"("asnmodules" was originally "data")              I also made this change to the dataProvider.vb:databaseOwner="dbo" />providers>asnmodules>End CustomData-->

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