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7/3/2011 4:52 AM

Sebastian Leupold

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

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Re: Database File Marked As Read-Only

if you want to run the database in usermode again, you need to detach it from the sql server in SQL Server Management Studio.

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Sebastian Leupold

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7/3/2011 4:45 PM

Jenny Day

Joined: 4/28/2011

Posts: 30

Re: Database File Marked As Read-Only Modified By Jenny Day on 7/3/2011 4:47:44 PM

Ok, I did that, but am still seeing the Install page when I run the website. Not sure what's going on... web.config is exactly as it was before. Another thing to note is that when I attach the database again, with User Instance = True in web.config, it's not showing it as read-only anymore.

Thanks again for your time.
Jenny

7/4/2011 3:06 AM

Sebastian Leupold

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

Posts: 46212

Re: Database File Marked As Read-Only

if you recycle application pool and still get displayed install screen, most likely there is a problem accessing the database.

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Sebastian Leupold

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7/5/2011 11:13 AM

Jenny Day

Joined: 4/28/2011

Posts: 30

Re: Database File Marked As Read-Only

Hi,

I recycled the application pool and still no luck :o( At a stand still now and don't know what to do. My web.config file is exactly the same as it used to be. I really appreciate you trying to help. Do you have any other thoughts as to what might be going on? The database is not read-only anymore...does that make any sense? If the web.config file is back to how it was with "User Instance=True", shouldn't the database be read-only again?

Thanks,
Jenny

7/6/2011 8:03 PM

Ken Grierson

Joined: 7/18/2009

Posts: 613

Re: Database File Marked As Read-Only

So... you're trying to access the "local" database in \Appdata folder with SQL Express directly?

1. Close all web browsers into the web site
2. Open your "Task Manager" and find w3wp.exe, right click on it and select "End Process"

As long as no w3wp.exe process is running on the machine hosting the site, and where the database is located, you should be able to connect to it and back it up.
If you still have problems then STOP you local IIS as well.

Ken Grierson
DotNetNuke Corporation
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