I'm trying to add an additional string attribute to posts and am having trouble with the DataProvider. I have added the argument to the PostAdd and PostUpdate methods in the SqlDataProvider and then updated the related functions in the ForumDataProvider to match thinking that this was the DataProvider that the SqlDataProvider inhertied its methods from.

This does not seem to be the case however as I am now getting an error indicating that the SqlDataProvider no longer overrides the MustInherit members in the "DotNetNuke.Modules.Forum.DataProvider" and lists the functions the same as they appear in the ForumDataProvider except missing "ByVal" in front of each parameter. I can't find any other DataProvider that this error might be referring to...

does any know where this elusive extra DataProvider resides? I have installed both the DotNetNuke and the Forum source file packages, but still the only other DataProvider I find is the HTML one that is not relavent in this case.

Thanks.

Margaret

Thanks Crispy for the reply; I didn't realize the role of the xx.xx.xx.SqlDataProvider files before. Those files don't effect the error I still get in the concret provider however.

For example, the PostAdd method in the concrete provider (DesktopModules\Forum\Providers\DataProviders\SqlDataProvider\SqlDataProvider.vb) still gives me the error "function 'PostAdd' cannot be declared 'Overrides' because it does not overrides a function in a base class". The PostAdd function in the abstract provider (DesktopModules\Forum\Components\Providers\Data\ForumDataProvider.vb) has the exact same arguments however and should therefore be overriden by the concrete provider's PostAdd without a problem.

Does anyone have any ideas as to how to fix the error? Could "base class" refer to something other than the abstract provider?

Thanks,

Margaret