First off, thanks for all the hard work in the new release for the dnn Forums module.  I don't know if you all will ever realize how much this module is appreciated!

I have upgraded from 3.20.8 - to the new forum - and the installation seemed to go fine - I even set all edit permissions to only Administrators.  But when I go to visit the forums I get the following error:

InnerException: The type initializer for 'DotNetNuke.Modules.Forum.DataProvider' threw an exception.
FileName:
FileLineNumber: 0
FileColumnNumber: 0
Method: System.Activator.CreateInstance
StackTrace:
Message: DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.PageLoadException: The type initializer for 'DotNetNuke.Modules.Forum.DataProvider' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'DotNetNuke.Modules.Forum.DataProvider' threw an exception. ---> System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: type at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) at DotNetNuke.Framework.Reflection.CreateObject(String ObjectProviderType, String ObjectProviderName, String ObjectNamespace, String ObjectAssemblyName, Boolean UseCache) at DotNetNuke.Framework.Reflection.CreateObject(String ObjectProviderType, String ObjectNamespace, String ObjectAssemblyName) at DotNetNuke.Modules.Forum.DataProvider.CreateProvider() at DotNetNuke.Modules.Forum.DataProvider..cctor() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at DotNetNuke.Modules.Forum.GroupController.GroupsGetByModuleID(Int32 ModuleId) at DotNetNuke.Modules.Forum.GroupController.GroupGetAllAuthorized(Int32 ModuleId, Int32 UserID, Boolean NoLinkForums) at DotNetNuke.Modules.Forum.Groups.CreateChildControls() at DotNetNuke.Modules.Forum.DNNForum.CreateChildControls() at System.Web.UI.Control.EnsureChildControls() at DotNetNuke.Modules.Forum.ForumBaseControl.EnsureChildControls() at DotNetNuke.Modules.Forum.DNNForum.Initialize() at DotNetNuke.Modules.Forum.ForumBaseControl.OnLoad(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

Please forgive me - but I don't see a dll in the bin directory named - DotNetNuke.Modules.Forum.DataProvider - but I do see the Forum.SQLDataProvider.dll file.  So I'm confused as to where to look from here.  Thanks!

Thanks for the reply!  I just tried that under Host - host settings - restart application - Same error.  I even recycled the application pool and tried restarting the web services.  I am still getting the same error.  Looking in the install folder - there' s only 1 dll that is uploaded - so even my previous version (3.20.8) used the same DotNetNuke.Modules.Forum.SQLDataProvider.dll file - correct? 

Couldn't figure this one out.  So I un-installed the Forum and re-installed it.  Lost the forum posts I was trying to upgrade - but you take your lumps and move on.  Seemed to work fine when upgrading from 3.20.09 - just problems with the .08 version.