Section or group name 'data' has already been defined

OK, I must be nuts. I installed 3.0.7 without any issues. But I immediately get the following error when I try to do a clean install on 3.0.8. Anyone have any ideas? Dax Server Error in '/DotNetNuke' Application. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Configuration Error Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately. Parser Error Message: Section or group name 'data' has already been defined. Source Error: Line 3: Line 4: Line 5: Line 6: Line 7: Source File: c:\dotnetnuke\web.config Line: 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.573; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.573

Re: Section or group name 'data' has already been defined

Sounds like Line 5 is in the web.config twice.

Re: Section or group name 'data' has already been defined

This is probably a web.config inheritance problem. Do you have 3.0.7 in the default web and 3.0.8 in a virtual directory?

Re: Section or group name 'data' has already been defined

No, in fact I have now removed all dotnetnuke directories from my computer and I'm still getting the issue. Here is my web.config: ----- <forms name=".DOTNETNUKE" protection="All" timeout="60" />

Re: Section or group name 'data' has already been defined

This happens when you setup dotnetnuke as virtual directory under a site that already has a DNN install in the root. Look at the web.config file in the folder of your web site root, not the virtual directory. If you have a data section in that web.config file...there's your problem. Will

Re: Section or group name 'data' has already been defined

That's exactly my situation. What does one do about it?

Re: Section or group name 'data' has already been defined

By way of explanation - I'm running 2.12 as the default (virtual) website under IIS 6 on W2k3 server . I'm attempting to run 4.02 as a separate, virtual website, with the name DotNetNuke_4. I've temporarily disabled ALL the other Web.configs on the machine by renaming them web_backup.config, yet I still get the error message: "Section or group name 'data' is already defined. Updates to this may only occur at the configuration level where it is defined."

I'm using the Install version of 4.02. The error is happening before the install scripts even get a chance to run. Anybody dealt with this before?

Re: Section or group name 'data' has already been defined

I'm using the Install version of 4.02. The error is happening before the install scripts even get a chance to run. Anybody dealt with this before?

Re: Section or group name 'data' has already been defined

Geert,

I am getting the same error because I have a Virtual Directory under the root Virtual Directory.

Parser Error Message: The entry 'SiteSqlServer' has already been added.

Source Error:

Line 23:       providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />-->

Line 24:     <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2000/2005-->
Line 25:     <add
Line 26:       name="SiteSqlServer"
Line 27:       connectionString="Server=192.168.0.18;Database=dnn-datefest2006;uid=xxx;pwd=xxx;"

I used to be able under DNN 3.2 to comment out the HTTP Modules in the web.config of the site under the root site.

It doesn't work with DNN 4. Do you have any suggestions on how to run a DNN 4 site under another DNN 4 site pointing to 2 SQL DB's.

thanks