Hello,

My DNN installation on my dev computer got hosed somehow so I am trying to copy my site back from PowerDNN. I will make a separate post with those symptoms in case it can get fixed.

I cannot find any good tutorials for how to move a site - the links all seem to be broken now - so here is what I did:

I FTP'd everything from the server into a new folder and created an application in IIS.

I changed permissions on the folder.

I backed up the database on PowerDNN and re-stored it to SQLExpress (not as a file.)

I changed the connection string in web.config to "Data Source=BRAHMA\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=hylandstudio;Integrated Security=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True"

When I try to go to the site I get "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error. Below is the full stack trace.

Now, I deleted the application for the old install in IIS so the re-directs of the aliases would not mess up the new install (not really sure if that was the right thing to do.)

My DNN version is 06.01.05 (142)

Any clues as to what is happening?

- Brad

Stack Trace:

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
   DotNetNuke.Common.Utilities.Config.GetConnectionString(String name) +55
   DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider..ctor(Boolean useConfig) +152

[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) +146
   System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks, Boolean fillCache) +298
   System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) +79
   System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes) +10371979
   System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture) +28
   System.RuntimeType.InvokeMember(String name, BindingFlags bindingFlags, Binder binder, Object target, Object[] providedArgs, ParameterModifier[] modifiers, CultureInfo culture, String[] namedParams) +816
   DotNetNuke.Framework.Reflection.CreateInstance(Type Type) +95
   DotNetNuke.ComponentModel.SingletonComponentBuilder.BuildComponent() +30
   DotNetNuke.ComponentModel.SimpleContainer.GetComponent(Type contractType) +162
   DotNetNuke.ComponentModel.AbstractContainer.GetComponent() +45
   DotNetNuke.ComponentModel.ComponentFactory.GetComponent() +93
   DotNetNuke.Security.Permissions.PermissionProvider..ctor() +23
   DotNetNuke.Security.Permissions.CorePermissionProvider..ctor() +9

[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) +146
   System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks, Boolean fillCache) +298
   System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) +79
   System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes) +10371979
   System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture) +28
   System.RuntimeType.InvokeMember(String name, BindingFlags bindingFlags, Binder binder, Object target, Object[] providedArgs, ParameterModifier[] modifiers, CultureInfo culture, String[] namedParams) +816
   DotNetNuke.Framework.Reflection.CreateInstance(Type Type) +95
   DotNetNuke.ComponentModel.SingletonComponentBuilder.BuildComponent() +30
   DotNetNuke.ComponentModel.SimpleContainer.GetComponent(Type contractType) +162
   DotNetNuke.ComponentModel.AbstractContainer.GetComponent() +45
   DotNetNuke.ComponentModel.ComponentFactory.GetComponent() +93
   DotNetNuke.Common.DotNetNukeHttpApplication.RegisterIfNotAlreadyRegistered(String name) +62
   DotNetNuke.Common.DotNetNukeHttpApplication.RegisterIfNotAlreadyRegistered() +67
   DotNetNuke.Common.DotNetNukeHttpApplication.Application_Start(Object Sender, EventArgs E) +1675

[HttpException (0x80004005): Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.]
   System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.EnsureAppStartCalledForIntegratedMode(HttpContext context, HttpApplication app) +4233393
   System.Web.HttpApplication.RegisterEventSubscriptionsWithIIS(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context, MethodInfo[] handlers) +205
   System.Web.HttpApplication.InitSpecial(HttpApplicationState state, MethodInfo[] handlers, IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +336
   System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetSpecialApplicationInstance(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +350
   System.Web.Hosting.PipelineRuntime.InitializeApplication(IntPtr appContext) +382

[HttpException (0x80004005): Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.]
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +11420358
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureFirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +88
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestNotificationPrivate(IIS7WorkerRequest wr, HttpContext context) +4405140

- Brad

Sebastian,

This is my dev machine, everything happens on localhost with only one web server. So I don't think hostheaders (I had to look that up) or firewall settings apply in this context. Please let me know if I am wrong about that.

When I added the new wwwdnn web site, IIS complained that the IP address was already being used (by wwwroot). I was using the default "All Unassigned" IP setting for wwwroot.

That got me thinking so I changed my IP to static added a second IP and assigned each IP to wwwroot and wwwdnn. I assigned localhost hostname to wwwroot and localhostdnn to wwwdnn. I then changed the PortalAlias table to reflect the new IP address:

That did not work. I got 404 error again even on wwwroot sites, but this time they were the generic ones, not the .net versions of 404. I tried using hostname rather than IPs in the binding and reverting back to All Unassigned. Still no joy.

What else I can do, or further investigate?

Thanks,

- Brad