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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://forums.asp.net/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Security</title><link>http://forums.asp.net/25.aspx</link><description>All about ASP.NET security (authentication, authorization, membership, roles, etc.) and the Login controls. &lt;a href="http://aspadvice.com/SignUp/list.aspx?l=24&amp;c=17" target="_blank"&gt;Email List&lt;/a&gt;</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007 SP1 (Build: 20510.895)</generator><item><title>Re: Changing ASPNETDB.mdf to ubo.mdf</title><link>http://forums.asp.net/thread/2430393.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:12:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4c671506-2930-414c-a40b-8bf57ded5924:2430393</guid><dc:creator>XiaoYong Dai – MSFT</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forums.asp.net/thread/2430393.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forums.asp.net/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=2430393</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It seems that ASP.NET failed to connect to Sql server using a trusted connection (windows authentication mode).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can add &lt;em&gt;&amp;#39;John-PC\John&amp;#39;&lt;/em&gt; account to the SQL logins by using SQL Server Management Studio-&amp;gt;connect to the SQL instance-&amp;gt;expand Security-&amp;gt;Logins-&amp;gt;add New Windows Login&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hope it helps&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Changing ASPNETDB.mdf to ubo.mdf</title><link>http://forums.asp.net/thread/2426963.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:04:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4c671506-2930-414c-a40b-8bf57ded5924:2426963</guid><dc:creator>jfeeney</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forums.asp.net/thread/2426963.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forums.asp.net/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=2426963</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;When I tried using this connectionstring I got the following error message&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;connectionStrings&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;add&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt; =&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;uboConnectionString&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;connectionString&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;=&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Initial Catalog=ubo.MDF;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Integrated Security=True;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;User Instance=True&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;providerName&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;=&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;System.Data.SqlClient&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;/&amp;gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;connectionStrings&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;span&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Server Error in &amp;#39;/ubo&amp;#39; Application. 
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cannot open database &amp;quot;ubo.MDF&amp;quot; requested by the login. The login failed.&lt;br /&gt;Login failed for user &amp;#39;John-PC\John&amp;#39;.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Description: &lt;/b&gt;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. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Exception Details: &lt;/b&gt;System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Cannot open database &amp;quot;ubo.MDF&amp;quot; requested by the login. The login failed.&lt;br /&gt;Login failed for user &amp;#39;John-PC\John&amp;#39;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Source Error:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td class=""&gt;&lt;code&gt;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.&lt;/code&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Stack Trace:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td class=""&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;pre&gt;[SqlException (0x80131904): Cannot open database &amp;quot;ubo.MDF&amp;quot; requested by the login. The login failed.
Login failed for user &amp;#39;John-PC\John&amp;#39;.]
   System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection) +800131
   System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj) +186
   System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj) +1932
   System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.CompleteLogin(Boolean enlistOK) +33
   System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.AttemptOneLogin(ServerInfo serverInfo, String newPassword, Boolean ignoreSniOpenTimeout, Int64 timerExpire, SqlConnection owningObject) +172
   System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.LoginNoFailover(String host, String newPassword, Boolean redirectedUserInstance, SqlConnection owningObject, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, Int64 timerStart) +381
   System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.OpenLoginEnlist(SqlConnection owningObject, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, String newPassword, Boolean redirectedUserInstance) +181
   System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds..ctor(DbConnectionPoolIdentity identity, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, Object providerInfo, String newPassword, SqlConnection owningObject, Boolean redirectedUserInstance) +173
   System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnectionFactory.CreateConnection(DbConnectionOptions options, Object poolGroupProviderInfo, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnection owningConnection) +357
   System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.CreatePooledConnection(DbConnection owningConnection, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnectionOptions options) +30
   System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.CreateObject(DbConnection owningObject) +424
   System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.UserCreateRequest(DbConnection owningObject) +66
   System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.GetConnection(DbConnection owningObject) +494
   System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.GetConnection(DbConnection owningConnection) +82
   System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionClosed.OpenConnection(DbConnection outerConnection, DbConnectionFactory connectionFactory) +105
   System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.Open() +111
   System.Web.DataAccess.SqlConnectionHolder.Open(HttpContext context, Boolean revertImpersonate) +84
   System.Web.DataAccess.SqlConnectionHelper.GetConnection(String connectionString, Boolean revertImpersonation) +197
   System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider.GetPasswordWithFormat(String username, Boolean updateLastLoginActivityDate, Int32&amp;amp; status, String&amp;amp; password, Int32&amp;amp; passwordFormat, String&amp;amp; passwordSalt, Int32&amp;amp; failedPasswordAttemptCount, Int32&amp;amp; failedPasswordAnswerAttemptCount, Boolean&amp;amp; isApproved, DateTime&amp;amp; lastLoginDate, DateTime&amp;amp; lastActivityDate) +1121
   System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider.CheckPassword(String username, String password, Boolean updateLastLoginActivityDate, Boolean failIfNotApproved, String&amp;amp; salt, Int32&amp;amp; passwordFormat) +105
   System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider.CheckPassword(String username, String password, Boolean updateLastLoginActivityDate, Boolean failIfNotApproved) +42
   System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider.ValidateUser(String username, String password) +83
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.Login.OnAuthenticate(AuthenticateEventArgs e) +160
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.Login.AttemptLogin() +105
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.Login.OnBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs e) +99
   System.Web.UI.Control.RaiseBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs args) +35
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnCommand(CommandEventArgs e) +115
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +163
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +7
   System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument) +11
   System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData) +33
   System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +1746
&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Changing ASPNETDB.mdf to ubo.mdf</title><link>http://forums.asp.net/thread/2426937.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:24:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4c671506-2930-414c-a40b-8bf57ded5924:2426937</guid><dc:creator>jfeeney</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forums.asp.net/thread/2426937.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forums.asp.net/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=2426937</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;I actually did get the connection string to display by using these code lines&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#2b91af" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#2b91af" size="2"&gt;ConnectionStringSettings&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; settings;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;settings = System.Configuration.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#2b91af" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#2b91af" size="2"&gt;ConfigurationManager&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;.ConnectionStrings[&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;uboConnectionString&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;];&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Label1.Text = settings.ConnectionString;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ALSO&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I now have my website running on the remote server. However, it does not run on my test site. The only thing that I change between them is the connection string section of web.config.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;here is my connectionstring for the test site&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;connectionStrings&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;add&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;=&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;uboConnectionString&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;connectionString&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;=&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=C:\UBO\ubo\App_Data\ubo.MDF;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;providerName&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;=&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;System.Data.SqlClient&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;/&amp;gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;connectionStrings&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;Does any see what I have doing wrong here.....or if nothing....can some give me an idea of a simple way to test if the database can be found.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;If I go into Database Explorer and right-click on ubo.mdf and hit Modify Connection I window comes up. At the bottom it says &amp;quot;Test Connection&amp;quot; when I hit that it says &amp;quot;Test Connection Succeeded&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Changing ASPNETDB.mdf to ubo.mdf</title><link>http://forums.asp.net/thread/2426925.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:04:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4c671506-2930-414c-a40b-8bf57ded5924:2426925</guid><dc:creator>guru_sarkar</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forums.asp.net/thread/2426925.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forums.asp.net/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=2426925</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;pre class="coloredcode"&gt;&lt;span class="kwd"&gt;string&lt;/span&gt; cString = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings[&lt;span class="st"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;connectionStrings&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;].ConnectionString;&lt;/pre&gt;&amp;nbsp;replace &lt;strong&gt;connectionStrings &lt;/strong&gt;by &lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;uboConnectionString&lt;/font&gt;</description></item><item><title>Changing ASPNETDB.mdf to ubo.mdf</title><link>http://forums.asp.net/thread/2426880.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:58:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4c671506-2930-414c-a40b-8bf57ded5924:2426880</guid><dc:creator>jfeeney</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forums.asp.net/thread/2426880.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forums.asp.net/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=2426880</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;I built the login program by fallling the Login Controls tutorial. I did not use the SecurityTutorial.mdf database name but with the standard ASPNETDB.mdf.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now I would need to change the name to ubo because I can&amp;#39;t use the ASPNETDB name when I am taking into the hosted server.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I had my program working. I have made the following changes&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I right clicked ASPNETDB (in App_Data) and renamed it to ubo.mdf&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;web.config&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;connectionStrings&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;add&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;=&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;uboConnectionString&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;connectionString&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;=&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;DataSource=.\SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=C:\UBO\ubo\App_Data\ubo.MDF;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;providerName&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;=&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;System.Data.SqlClient&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;/&amp;gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;connectionStrings&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;I am getting the following error message:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;Also because it is not working I added a Label and variable cString to my Login.aspx.cs&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;protected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" size="2"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;void&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" size="2"&gt; Login1_LoginError(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;object&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" size="2"&gt; sender, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#2b91af" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#2b91af" size="2"&gt;EventArgs&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt; e)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;{&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;string&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; cString = System.Configuration.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#2b91af" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#2b91af" size="2"&gt;ConfigurationManager&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;.ConnectionStrings[&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;connectionStrings&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;].ConnectionString;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Label1.Text = cString;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#008000" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#008000" size="2"&gt;// Determine why the user could not login...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;myLogin.FailureText = &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;Your login attempt was not successful. Please try again.&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#008000" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#008000" size="2"&gt;// Does there exist a User account for this user?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#2b91af" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#2b91af" size="2"&gt;MembershipUser&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; usrInfo = &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#2b91af" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#2b91af" size="2"&gt;Membership&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;.GetUser(myLogin.UserName);&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;if&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; (usrInfo != &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;null&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;{&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#008000" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#008000" size="2"&gt;// Is this user locked out?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;if&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; (usrInfo.IsLockedOut)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;{&lt;/p&gt;myLogin.FailureText = &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;Your account has been locked out because of too many invalid login attempts. Please contact the administrator to have your account unlocked.&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;}&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;else&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="2"&gt;if&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; (!usrInfo.IsApproved)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;{&lt;/p&gt;myLogin.FailureText = &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#a31515" size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;Your account has not yet been approved. You cannot login until an administrator has approved your account.&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;}&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;}&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;I am getting the following error&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;i&gt;Object reference not set to an instance of an object.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Description: &lt;/b&gt;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. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Exception Details: &lt;/b&gt;System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Source Error:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif "&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
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&lt;td class=""&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;pre&gt;Line 25:     protected void Login1_LoginError(object sender, EventArgs e)
Line 26:     {
&lt;font color="red"&gt;Line 27:         string cString = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings[&amp;quot;connectionStrings&amp;quot;].ConnectionString;
&lt;/font&gt;Line 28:         Label1.Text = cString;
Line 29:         // Determine why the user could not login...&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Source File: &lt;/b&gt;c:\UBO\ubo\Login.aspx.cs&lt;b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Line: &lt;/b&gt;27 &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;???? Why will the connection string be null ????&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>