Hello all,

Firs of all thanx to DNN developers – including mod. Developers for Great platform!

I hope this thread will be useful in the future for all of those who has troubles with setting web.config – after reading carefully installation guide!

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System req.

winXP corp

service pack 2

Visual web developer 2005 Express Edition

SQL Server 2005 \ Express (with a simple SQL Server Configuration Manager)

DNN 4x installation Starter kit

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I was going by the instructions in installation guide an till I  got to the part about setting up the web.config file

---- this are my actual settings (didn’t’ change any thing – nothing at all as it was in relise.config)

<connectionStrings>

    <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005 Express -->

    <add name="SiteSqlServer" connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|Database.mdf;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />

    <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2000/2005

    <add

      name="SiteSqlServer"

      connectionString="Server=(local);Database=DotNetNuke;uid=;pwd=;"

      providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />

   -->

  </connectionStrings>

  <appSettings>

    <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005 Express - kept for backwards compatability - legacy modules   -->

    <add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|Database.mdf;" />

    <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2000/2005 - kept for backwards compatability - legacy modules

    <add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Server=(local);Database=DotNetNuke;uid=;pwd=;"/>

    -->

    <add key="InstallTemplate" value="DotNetNuke.install.config" />

    <!--  Alternative Install Templates (included in package)

    <add key="InstallTemplate" value="Club.install.config" />

    <add key="InstallTemplate" value="Personal.install.config" />

    <add key="InstallTemplate" value="SmallBusiness.install.config" />

    -->

    <add key="AutoUpgrade" value="true" />

    <add key="InstallMemberRole" value="true" />

    <add key="ShowMissingKeys" value="false" />

    <add key="EnableWebFarmSupport" value="false" />

    <add key="EnableCachePersistence" value="false" />

    <add key="InstallationDate" value="4/5/2006" />

  </appSettings>

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Made direct debugging Ctrl + F5

Installation was done successfully

And I had my portal running

Than I’ve tried to register a new user

And I faced an error – that sad

An error has occurred.
Error: Register is currently unavailable.

But New user is written to the DB and can log in….

So I started to figure out why I get this error

Got to the manual installation guide and try to

Configure the way it showed

In  the manual

<connectionStrings>

    <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005 Express -->

    <add name="DotNetNuke" connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|Database.mdf;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />

And

<appSettings>

    <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005 Express - kept for backwards compatability - legacy modules   -->

    <add key="DotNetNuke" value="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|Database.mdf;" />

-         changed SiteSqlServer to DotNetNuke

after debuging I get errors such as

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Stack Trace:

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]

   DotNetNuke.Common.Utilities.Config.GetConnectionString(String name) +49

   DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider..ctor() +126

[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) +233

   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.Entities.Tabs.TabController.GetTab(Int32 TabId) +40

   DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings.GetPortalByTab(Int32 TabID, String PortalAlias) +33

   DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.OnBeginRequest(Object s, EventArgs e) +2336

   System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +138

   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +65

Than i got back to my old settings

By changing back to SiteSqlServer

And portal has got back to normal fanctualyty – but I still get error whene a new user registerd

and in the Admin menu   > Windows Authentication

after setting Windows Authentication (tick) followed by update link

i get

An error has occurred.
Error: Modual Windows Authentication is currently unavailable.

DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.ModuleLoadException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at DotNetNuke.Security.Authentication.ADSI.Utilities.AddADSIPath(String Path, Path ADSIPath) at DotNetNuke.Security.Authentication.ADSI.Utilities.GetRootEntry(Path ADSIPath) at DotNetNuke.Security.Authentication.ADSI.Utilities.GetRootEntry() at DotNetNuke.Security.Authentication.ADSIProvider.GetNetworkStatus() at DotNetNuke.Security.Authentication.AuthenticationController.NetworkStatus() at DotNetNuke.Modules.Authentication.AuthenticationSettings.cmdAuthenticationUpdate_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in D:\_mydoc\Visual Studio 2005\WebSites\DotNetNuke Website1\admin\Security\AuthenticationSettings.ascx.vb:line 129 --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

Apart form that errors every thing is working fine and I have no idea why I’m getting that kind of error when new user is registered.

Those of you who knows how to set up a web.config

Please explain in details how to setup the file properly

Thanx alot and I hope this would be a great help in the future  

Tobby_1