Hi,

we have a website which is developed in VWD 2008(SQL server 2008 express used) in a windows XP based PC, now we are deploying the website by setting up a web server with windows server 2003 & SQL Server 2008 standard installed, I have a few questions:

1)what's the set up or configuration changes in windows server 2003,SQL server 2008 standard, IIS and anything else?

2)we have data request and user login informations saved in a SQL database, when migrate from XP to server 2003 and SQL server 2008, what's the setting changes in sourcecode? such as connectionstrings changes in web.config? we use Gridview control and banding to SQL database,connectionstrings for sqldatasource related needed to be changed in web.config as well,right?

I found usually there were valuable links regarding to certain topics were given out in some threads in this forum. I hope I can get tutorail or valuable links for my questions as well.

Pls help!thanks.

 hi suanleba,

well, for the IIS in W2k3 and XP are the same, setting up for sql server 2008 will be the same as well except the mssql server name. others than that, mostly are the same.

for the 2nd question. you will need to make sure your exisitng connectionstring works with your deploy server. perhaps maybe the server name will change and is depends on your mssql server again.

another thing that you might 1 to take notice will be the common System.Web.Extension.dll file.
You will need to upload into your BIN folder of your project.
http://blog.scnetstudio.com/?tag=/system.web.extensions+error

Hope it help you

Hello,

Take in mind that if you set security permissions in Windows XP the application is running by ASP.NET machine user, but in Windows server 2003 by the Network machine user.

Regards

 Thanks. I map to the web server from my local XP PC, then copy all my web site files to the web server, IIS virtual directory is created in server, then in VWD, loading the website from mapped server, change all connectionstrings by configure datasource of all controls which banding to database. click F5 to run, login page appears, in login page when login with username/password I created before in XP based PC, error shows:

SQL error 5110,... the file Z:\...\ASPNETDB_TMP.MDF is on a network path is not supportee for database files. create DATABASE failed.

when I open web administrator tool in VWD, then click security button on it, it shows same error message as above.

when I run my website in IE, http://servername/applicationname, it shows viewing details error are prevented remotely, I need add <customErrors mode="off"/> in web.config, when I added, still the same error.

do you know why, how can I troubleshoot and solve the above problems??

thanks 

more infor for my errors, when run the website from http://webservername/applicationname/login.aspx the login page appears, but when try login, error appears as below:

A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to 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: