Hello Shadowpdx

Yes I was expecting to see the "Under Construction" message as per Docs and tutorial suggest, when I upload the new  DNN .dll with the "AutoUpgrade" = false  in my web.config. So that visitors are not able to trigger install and I can then trigger Install myself by using the URL install mode

But instead of "Under Construction" message I see:

DotNetNuke Upgrade Error
The Assembly Version ( [ASSEMBLYVERSION] ) does not match the Database Version ( [DATABASEVERSION] )

ERROR: Could not connect to database.

The type initializer for 'DotNetNuke.Data.DataProvider' threw an exception

Which is why I think I have a problem. 

I did not expect to see the error message (above) in place of the "Under Construction" page.

 Do you happen know the name of the file which has the "Under Construction" message, so that I can check to see if I actually have this file located somewhere within my DNN 4.3.4 root folder? Or check to see if this file is missing, which would explain why I don't see the message and get the error message instead.

Lynn

Hello Shaddowpdx

• Original web.config ("Auto Upgrade ="true") = site worked connected to DB OK
• Original web.config ("Auto Upgrade ="true") =renamed to webBackup.config uploaded to root.
• Original web.config ("Auto Upgrade="false") =uploaded to site connected to DB ..OK

Original web.config ("Auto Upgrade="false") + Uploaded new DNN.dll file into bin folder + over write old DNN.dll  = ERROR: Could not connect to database

So the web.config (with Auto Upgrade = "true" or  "Auto Upgrade" ="false" ) works fine and the  database connection is working ok without a problem.

But as soon as I upload the the new DNN.dll (4.3.5) file I get the error message, that is the only thing I have done.

When I overwrite the new DNN.dll file again with the backed up old DNN.dll file everything is OK again I can access site as normal.

Thanks

Lynn