Hi

Having followed the instructions in this article (Blogs - Upgrading DotNetNuke), I was a little surprised to find that I now get an error page instead of the upgrade wizard. I searched for the instructions because I have tried to upgrade a site before without instructions, & when it didn't work I just restored the site from a backup I took just before the attempt.

Just to clarify, I followed these steps:

1. I downloaded the upgrade package for version 5.04.01
2. I unzipped its contents into the web site folder on the server
3. I renamed web.config to something else, renamed release.config to web.config, & copied the two SQL connection related settings & the machinekey setting from the old web.config into the new one, replacing the default settings in that file
4. I then opened up the home page from the server, & was presented with the following:

Server Error in '/' Application.

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Runtime Error

Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine. 

Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on remote machines, please create a <customErrors> tag within a "web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current web application. This <customErrors> tag should then have its "mode" attribute set to "Off".

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File --> <configuration> <system.web> <customErrors mode="Off"/> </system.web> </configuration>

Notes: The current error page you are seeing can be replaced by a custom error page by modifying the "defaultRedirect" attribute of the application's <customErrors> configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL.

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File --> <configuration> <system.web> <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/> </system.web> </configuration>

Did I do something wrong, or missed something?

Thanks.

D'oh, sorry! The first time I posted it, I copied the error message from the server, but for some reason, the posting didn't take & I had to resubmit it. Slightly frustrated & rushing, I just noticed I must have copied this useless error from my laptop's browser, rather than the server.

Here is the error displayed locally on the server:

Server Error in '/' Application.

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Compilation Error

Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error details and modify your source code appropriately. 

Compiler Error Message: BC30002: Type 'Web.HttpResponse' is not defined.

Source Error:

Line 32: Implements System.Web.IHttpHandler Line 33: Line 34: Private Sub RenderToResponseStream(ByVal Response As Web.HttpResponse, ByVal controller As XmlController) Line 35: ' save script timeout Line 36: Dim scriptTimeOut As Integer = HttpContext.Current.Server.ScriptTimeout

Source File: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\EastbourneIT\App_Code\XML\Handlers\download.vb    Line: 34 

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Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.3607; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.3082

Excellent, thanks. I think I had all extensions installed, as I am trying DNN out on a couple of sites. I will follow your suggestion & report back...

Thanks for the quick response!