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4/25/2006 1:54 PM
 
Ronda Hilton

Joined: 4/24/2006
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On my local computer, using SqlServer 2000, installing 4.0, I solved this using this connection string:

  <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2000/2005     -->
    <add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Server=51366300K\LOCALSQL;Database=DotNetNuke;uid=sa;pwd=sa;" />
 
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4/25/2006 3:19 PM
 
Kieran Wood

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Joined: 3/15/2006
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I would also appreciate some help. I'm getting the same error using Visual Web Developer Express 2005, SQL Server Express 2005 and DotNetNuke version 4.
 
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4/25/2006 11:25 PM
 
Eric Henson

Joined: 1/12/2005
Posts: 5
rbhdotnuke

Are those two lines the only changes that you made to the WEB.CONFIG file, or did you edit anything else, or edit any other lines?

Is your SQL Server 2000 using SQL authentication or local?

Thanks,
 
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4/26/2006 10:09 AM
 
Ronda Hilton

Joined: 4/24/2006
Posts: 2

Besides the connection string, I commented out the SQL Express stuff (in 2 places).  These are the only changes I made to the default web.config (release.config) installed with DNN 4.0. 

My local SQL Server 2000 uses Windows authentication only, no SQL auth allowed. 

The default server string "(local)" must be changed; my combination of "machine-name\LOCALSQL" did work for me.  Uid and pw also must both be given values and not left as "uid=;" or "pw=;" and asterisks didn't work, nor did any valid SQL user with full permissions, etc. except "sa" and "sa".  Believe me, I tried every combination of the above. 

 
 
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4/29/2006 12:17 PM
 
Joachim Dehm

Joined: 12/9/2005
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I have the same error when i install dotnetnuke on localhost. You should restart IIS when you change the web.config file.
 
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