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8/6/2006 5:57 PM
 
greg 3000

Joined: 11/1/2004
Posts: 14
I carefully followed instructions for upgrade from 4.0.2 to 4.3.4 and have tried it several times. 

Always I get this error:

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: c:\inetpub\wwwroot\intranet2\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 c:\inetpub\wwwroot\intranet2\App_Code\Global.asax.vb:75
   DotNetNuke.Common.Global.Application_Start(Object Sender, EventArgs E) in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\intranet2\App_Code\Global.asax.vb:252

If I leave my 4.0.2 web.config intact instead of following the instructions completely the upgrade takes place, then the above error occurs.  Thanks for anyone that knows this error and how to fix it.

Sincerely,
Greg
 
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8/6/2006 10:18 PM
 
greg 3000

Joined: 11/1/2004
Posts: 14
in response to my previous post..

I fixed the issue, just be aware that by default SQL2005 is commented out in your web.config...

Good luck,
Greg
 
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8/9/2006 5:40 PM
 
Mitch Darrow

Joined: 4/13/2006
Posts: 1

Greg:

I am just about to do an upgrade from 4.0.3 to 4.3.4.   I have never done an upgrade before, and the upgrade document looks to be specific to upgrading from 3x to 4x.   Can you point me towards instructions more specific to the upgrade I need to execute?

Kind Regards,

Mitch
 
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8/11/2006 5:11 PM
 
Greg Shergold

Joined: 6/15/2005
Posts: 29
mjdarrow wrote

Greg:

I am just about to do an upgrade from 4.0.3 to 4.3.4.   I have never done an upgrade before, and the upgrade document looks to be specific to upgrading from 3x to 4x.   Can you point me towards instructions more specific to the upgrade I need to execute?

Kind Regards,

Mitch



I'm doing this on the same upgrade path as you.  I'm running on my test machine, and I am having nothing but nightmares.  It doesn't seem to be a free and clear upgrade (as they have been in the past.)

There's nothing worse than looking at the upgrade process appear to work, then any of your current modules (eg anouncements, text/html modules comming up with errors, and not displaying any content)  Thank goodness this is on a test system.

The one good thing durning this process, I am becoming an expert on restoring to the previous working state <chuckle>

Cheers,
Greg
 
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8/14/2006 9:00 AM
 
j m

Joined: 1/13/2006
Posts: 42
gshergold wrote
 mjdarrow wrote

Greg:

I am just about to do an upgrade from 4.0.3 to 4.3.4.   I have never done an upgrade before, and the upgrade document looks to be specific to upgrading from 3x to 4x.   Can you point me towards instructions more specific to the upgrade I need to execute?

Kind Regards,

Mitch



I'm doing this on the same upgrade path as you.  I'm running on my test machine, and I am having nothing but nightmares.  It doesn't seem to be a free and clear upgrade (as they have been in the past.)

There's nothing worse than looking at the upgrade process appear to work, then any of your current modules (eg anouncements, text/html modules comming up with errors, and not displaying any content)  Thank goodness this is on a test system.

The one good thing durning this process, I am becoming an expert on restoring to the previous working state

Cheers,
Greg



I went through the process about four times last week.  I had a problem with DNN not creating the DesktopModules directory.  Finally, I had to use the VSI for Visual Studio compile and run everything and manually copy my DLLs and folders that were missing to my DNN directory.  Don't know what I was doing wrong.  I believe that is a real weakenss in DNN - the upgrade.  I don't mean that disprespectful.  Hey, the product is free.  I'm thankful for it.  But it is hard to upgrade.  I was going from 3.3.3 to 4.3.4.  I'm still not sure if it is working right.  I had problems with pages not updating correctly www.mysite.com being different from mysite.com, errors with the host account controls.  then they magically started working.  I'll have to monitor it to make sure it keeps working.
 
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