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1/29/2007 1:07 PM
 
Avelino De Sabbata

Joined: 5/29/2006
Posts: 25
Hi, I have installed a copy of my site (www.quadrantearte.com) in my portable PC: I have Downloaded all files from web site and have restored a backup of MS SQL DB from web site to locale. Now, if I call the home page from local site, The DNN system  show me this error:

Server Error in '/QA_Locale' Application.

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Source Error: 

Line 73: 
Line 74:             'Determine the Upgrade status and redirect to Install.aspx
Line 75:             Select Case GetUpgradeStatus()
Line 76:                 Case Globals.UpgradeStatus.Install, Globals.UpgradeStatus.Upgrade
Line 77:                     If AutoUpgrade Then

Source File: H:\QA Locale\App_Code\Global.asax.vb    Line: 75

Stack Trace: 

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
   DotNetNuke.Common.Utilities.Config.GetConnectionString(String name) +47
   DotNetNuke.Common.Utilities.Config.GetConnectionString() +78
   DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider..ctor() +83

[TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.]
   System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandle& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck) +0
   System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean fillCache) +103
   System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks, Boolean fillCache) +261
   System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) +66
   DotNetNuke.Framework.Reflection.CreateObject(String TypeName, String CacheKey, Boolean UseCache) +232
   DotNetNuke.Framework.Reflection.CreateObject(String ObjectProviderType, String ObjectProviderName, String ObjectNamespace, String ObjectAssemblyName, Boolean UseCache) +571
   DotNetNuke.Data.DataProvider.CreateProvider() +39
   DotNetNuke.Data.DataProvider..cctor() +13

[TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'DotNetNuke.Data.DataProvider' threw an exception.]
   DotNetNuke.Common.Globals.GetUpgradeStatus() +65
   DotNetNuke.Common.Global.CheckVersion() in H:\QA Locale\App_Code\Global.asax.vb:75
   DotNetNuke.Common.Global.Application_Start(Object Sender, EventArgs E) in H:\QA Locale\App_Code\Global.asax.vb:252

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.42; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.210

How I can resolve the trouble?
Thanks, Ave.
 
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2/11/2007 2:27 AM
 
ray

Joined: 2/9/2007
Posts: 2
I have this problem too.  As yet I have not solved it.  I had a quick look at the code and getupgradestatus is a global function rather than any object so I'm not sure where the error is coming from.
 
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2/14/2007 10:48 AM
 
Colin Mason

www.level7solutions.com
Joined: 4/22/2005
Posts: 6
This problem is also happening with DNN 4.1.1.

It installed fine as a new installation on my localhost machine, but fails with this message after an upgrade of a 3.1.1 system on the server.  I installed 4.1.1 separate from the old 3.1.1 installation and copied over all the portal folders and performed the updates to the web.config (release.config) spelled out in the installation documentation.

-- Colin
 
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2/14/2007 10:34 PM
 
Adriaan Venter


Joined: 10/8/2003
Posts: 3
Same problem in dnn 4.4.1.
Was just about to post to this forum, when I discovered the error in my config file: when copying the

<providers>
        <clear/>
        <add
          name="SqlDataProvider"
          type="DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider, DotNetNuke.SqlDataProvider"
          connectionStringName="SiteSqlServer"
          upgradeConnectionString=""
          providerPath="~\Providers\DataProviders\SqlDataProvider\"
          objectQualifier=""
          databaseOwner="dbo"/>
      </providers>

from my original config to the upgraded one, I by accident duplicated the <providers></providers> tags like this

<providers><providers>
        <clear/>
        <add
          name="SqlDataProvider"
          type="DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider, DotNetNuke.SqlDataProvider"
          connectionStringName="SiteSqlServer"
          upgradeConnectionString=""
          providerPath="~\Providers\DataProviders\SqlDataProvider\"
          objectQualifier=""
          databaseOwner="dbo"/>
      </providers>      </providers>

This is a valid config! But not one the App understands!

Hope my mistake helps some one out there!
 
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2/15/2007 7:25 PM
 
Colin Mason

www.level7solutions.com
Joined: 4/22/2005
Posts: 6
Thanks for the post rven, but that doesn't help my particular problem.  Still having issues.

This is a SHOW STOPPER, people.  I have a very typical scenario, just trying to update an older version, having no code modifications at all.  You'd think someone on the development team would have responded with something  by now.  Even just a note saying "someone's working on it" would be nice.  This is important.  There are people waiting on me to have this up.  Someone please tell us what's up.  It's unusable at this point.

-- Colin
 
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