connectionString="Server=SERVER1\SQLEXPRESS;Database=RIVERFRIENDSuid=dotnetnuke;pwd=dotnetnuke;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />   value="Server=SERVER1\SQLEXPRESS;Database=RIVERFRIENDS;uid=dotnetnuke;pwd=dotnetnuke;" /> So, after three weeks, I'm still no farther along that I was before. However I did discover that using the phrase "I can't log on" will get you the silent treatment faster that yelling Hi Jack! on a plane will get you shot. Thanks Joe

You're missing a ; between database and uid in the first connection string.

Did you manually update the portal alias in the DB prior to launching? Did you make sure that ASP.NET has permissions on the folder structure (Try and reset the permissions to make sure they ripple down, and if you're using IIS6, then it's a different 'user' that needs permissions.

Personally, have you thought about starting with a fresh install (completely), and getting the web.config to work, then copying that webconfig, updating it with the specifics of the old database/website, and trying that?

Rob

Hi Joe,

It's late, so forgive my terse response.

Your call stack indicates that the Email field is not found in the database response returned to DNN.  Manually check to see that the Email field exists in the vw_Portals view.  If it's not there, does it exist on your live site database?  Are you by chance attempting to restore a pre-4.8.4 database onto a 4.8.4 installation?  This will cause myriad problems.

Since you probably have several layers of errors, we'll have to deal with them one at a time.  Let me know what you find with respect to my questions above and we can proceed accordingly.

Brandon

Actually, the following are missing:

vw_FolderPermissions
vw_Lists
vw_ModulePermissions
vw_Modules
vw_Portals
vw_TabPermissions
vw_Tabs

This was from a fresh backup of the server and restore into the local. Hmmmm?