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10/8/2007 9:56 PM

Skip Floyd

Joined: 5/14/2003

Posts: 21

Re: 4.6.2

Hoopie,
Can you view the database with Enterprise manager?

I had a problem also upgrading, Thankfully on a DEV box.

Before recreating the database I browsed the database tables.
The Portals Table was empty.
The PortalsAliasID as empty...

Not sure what other tables were damaged but I managed to get the site running just by manually entering
data back into those tables. I did get a couple error after that but I decided it was easier to reinstall from scratch
since it was my dev box.

GOOD Luck

Skip

10/9/2007 1:03 AM

David Llamas

david.inchcolm.org
Joined: 4/12/2005

Posts: 11

Re: 4.6.2

Hi!

I'm experiencing exactly the same problem ... Any idea about how to solve it?.

David

Wolverine10 wrote

Hi Mitchel,

Gave it a shot following your blog about using the 4.6.2 install pack and NOT the upgrade pack. tried going from 4.4.1 to 4.6.2. still get when trying to navigate to the site:

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.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: type

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:


            [ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: type]
   System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) +2768503
   DotNetNuke.Framework.Reflection.CreateObject(String ObjectProviderType, String ObjectProviderName, String ObjectNamespace, String ObjectAssemblyName, Boolean UseCache) +582
   DotNetNuke.Framework.Reflection.CreateObject(String ObjectProviderType, String ObjectNamespace, String ObjectAssemblyName) +17
   DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.Data.DataProvider.CreateProvider() +38
   DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.Data.DataProvider..cctor() +13

[TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.Data.DataProvider' threw an exception.]
   DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.Data.DataProvider.Instance() +0
   DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.AspNetMembershipProvider..cctor() +5

[TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.AspNetMembershipProvider' threw an exception.]

[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 ObjectProviderType, String ObjectProviderName, String ObjectNamespace, String ObjectAssemblyName, Boolean UseCache) +582
   DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.MembershipProvider.CreateProvider() +38
   DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.MembershipProvider..cctor() +13

[TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.MembershipProvider' threw an exception.]
   DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.MembershipProvider.Instance() +0
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Users.UserController..cctor() +5

[TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'DotNetNuke.Entities.Users.UserController' threw an exception.]
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Users.UserController.GetUserCountByPortal(Int32 portalId) +0
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalInfo.get_Users() +17
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings.GetPortalSettings(Int32 TabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +1302
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings..ctor(Int32 tabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +82
   DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.OnBeginRequest(Object s, EventArgs e) +2845
   System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +92
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +64

Server Error in '/' Application.

Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: type

10/9/2007 3:39 AM

Sebastian Leupold

www.dnnwerk.de
Joined: 3/8/2004

Posts: 46212

Re: 4.6.2

sfloyd wrote

Hoopie,
Can you view the database with Enterprise manager?

I had a problem also upgrading, Thankfully on a DEV box.

Before recreating the database I browsed the database tables.
The Portals Table was empty.
The PortalsAliasID as empty...

GOOD Luck

Skip

if you are using SQL Server 2005 Express with file based connection (Database.mdf in the connection string), data is stored in this file and not in a preferred server database. you can access the file with SQL Server 2005 tools like management Studio only, but pay attentions, read http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Community/Blogs/tabid/825/EntryID/1202/Default.aspx

Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

Speed up your DNN Websites with TurboDNN

10/9/2007 8:38 AM

Wolverine

Joined: 8/21/2006

Posts: 144

Re: 4.6.2

Nope...still trying to figure it out...There are a bunch of people having the same problems...But since it is not happening to more people I guess we are on our own.

I have to fix a bug in the URLRewrite HTTPModule today (there is some kind of infinate loop going on), but if I have a chance I will try one last thing.

Otherwise, I got 4.5.5 to successfully install, so I guess that is the one I will be upgrading to.

I bet it is something very obvious and very stupid...but I have tried everythign that has been suggested plus a lot of stuff that I could think of.

Let me know if you come up with anythign...

I am constantly "bumping" this thread...one of these times someone will come up with the solution...

10/9/2007 9:15 PM

Mike Lawell

Joined: 11/29/2003

Posts: 18

Re: 4.6.2

I was having exactly the same issue as everyone else... I had backed up my web.config prior to deploying the 4.6.2 upgrade. I pushed my web.config file to my server and everything started working.

Not sure exactly why, but it is working.

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