I am trying to use the sample web template that is distributed with Visual
Studio 2005 called 'Personal Web Site Starter Kit'. After running for awhile
it fails with the following message:
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Server Error in '/PersonalWebSiteStarter' Application.
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An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When
connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that
under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections.
(provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating
Server/Instance Specified)
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.
SQLExpress database file auto-creation error:
The connection string specifies a local Sql Server Express instance using a
database location within the applications App_Data directory. The provider
attempted to automatically create the application services database because
the provider determined that the database does not exist. The following
configuration requirements are necessary to successfully check for existence
of the application services database and automatically create the
application services database:
1.. If the applications App_Data directory does not already exist, the web
server account must have read and write access to the applications
directory. This is necessary because the web server account will
automatically create the App_Data directory if it does not already exist.
2.. If the applications App_Data directory already exists, the web server
account only requires read and write access to the applications App_Data
directory. This is necessary because the web server account will attempt to
verify that the Sql Server Express database already exists within the
applications App_Data directory. Revoking read access on the App_Data
directory from the web server account will prevent the provider from
correctly determining if the Sql Server Express database already exists.
This will cause an error when the provider attempts to create a duplicate of
an already existing database. Write access is required because the web
server accounts credentials are used when creating the new database.
3.. Sql Server Express must be installed on the machine.
4.. The process identity for the web server account must have a local user
profile. See the readme document for details on how to create a local user
profile for both machine and domain accounts.
Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the
current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the
exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
Stack Trace:
[SqlException (0x80131904): An error has occurred while establishing a
connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure
may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does
not allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 -
Error Locating Server/Instance Specified)]
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OnErro r(SqlException
exception, Boolean breakConnection) +117
System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndW arning(TdsParserStateObject
stateObj) +346
System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Connect(Boolean& useFailoverPartner,
Boolean& failoverDemandDone, String host, String failoverPartner, String
protocol, SqlInternalConnectionTds connHandler, Int64 timerExpire, Boolean
encrypt, Boolean trustServerCert, Boolean integratedSecurity, SqlConnection
owningObject, Boolean aliasLookup) +1093
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.Ope nLoginEnlist(SqlConnection
owningObject, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, String newPassword,
Boolean redirectedUserInstance) +1084
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds..ct or(DbConnectionPoolIdentity
identity, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, Object providerInfo, String
newPassword, SqlConnection owningObject, Boolean redirectedUserInstance)
+272
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnectionFactory.CreateC onnection(DbConnectionOptions
options, Object poolGroupProviderInfo, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnection
owningConnection) +355
System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.Creat eNonPooledConnection(DbConnection
owningConnection, DbConnectionPoolGroup poolGroup) +91
System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.GetCo nnection(DbConnection
owningConnection) +115
System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionClosed.OpenCo nnection(DbConnection
outerConnection, DbConnectionFactory connectionFactory) +122
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.Open() +229
System.Web.Management.SqlServices.GetSqlConnection (String server, String
user, String password, Boolean trusted, String connectionString) +110
[HttpException (0x80004005): Unable to connect to SQL Server database.]
System.Web.Management.SqlServices.GetSqlConnection (String server, String
user, String password, Boolean trusted, String connectionString) +181
System.Web.Management.SqlServices.SetupApplication Services(String server,
String user, String password, Boolean trusted, String connectionString,
String database, String dbFileName, SqlFeatures features, Boolean install)
+167
System.Web.Management.SqlServices.Install(String database, String
dbFileName, String connectionString) +46
System.Web.DataAccess.SqlConnectionHelper.CreateMd fFile(String
fullFileName, String dataDir, String connectionString) +681
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Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.42; ASP.NET
Version:2.0.50727.42
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What's wrong?
Larry
