Hi,

I am new in ASP.Net. I now doing a sys using VB.Net n SQL Server 2000.
I keep getting the same error for my login page, can somebody help me point out where is the problem? I really need help urgently.

Below are the error message I get:
Server Error in '/e-library' Application.
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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: Unrecognized configuration section 'forms'

Source Error:


Line 38: -->
Line 39: <authentication mode="Forms" />
Line 40: <forms name="formsLogin" loginUrl="Login.aspx" protection="all" timeout="60"/>
Line 41: </forms>
Line 42: </anthentication>


Source File: c:\inetpub\wwwroot\e-library\web.config Line: 40


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Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.2032; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.2032


My coding (Web.Config file):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>

  <system.web>

<compilation defaultLanguage="vb" debug="true" />

<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" />

<authentication mode="Forms" />
    <forms name="formsLogin" loginUrl="Login.aspx" protection="all" timeout="60"/>
        </forms>
</anthentication>

<authorization>
        -->
        <deny users="?">
          -->
</authorization>

<trace enabled="false" requestLimit="10" pageOutput="false" traceMode="SortByTime" localOnly="true" />

<sessionState
            mode="InProc"
            stateConnectionString="tcpip=127.0.0.1:42424"
            sqlConnectionString="data source=127.0.0.1;Trusted_Connection=yes"
            cookieless="false"
            timeout="20"
/>

<globalization requestEncoding="utf-8" responseEncoding="utf-8" />

</system.web>

</configuration>


My coding ( Login.aspx.vb file ):

Imports System.Web.Security
Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Text

Public Class WebForm1
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

End Sub

Private Sub cmdLogin_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdLogin.Click
Dim con As SqlConnection
        Dim sql As String
        Dim cmd As SqlCommand
        Dim id As String

        con = New SqlConnection( _
             "data source=(local)\NetSdk; initial catalog=E-Library Records; user id=sa")
        sql = "SELECT User_id FROM [User] WHERE User='{0}' and Password='{1}'"
        sql = String.Format(sql, txtUser.Text, txtPassword.Text)
        cmd = New SqlCommand(sql, con)
        con.Open()

        Try
            id = CType(cmd.ExecuteScalar(), String)

        Catch ex As Exception

        Finally
            con.Close()
        End Try

        If Not id Is Nothing Then
            Response.Redirect("mainMenu.aspx")
        Else
            Response.Write
            ("Invalid User ID or Password:Please try again")
        End If
    End Sub

Thanks for any help.

Ai Ling

Hi

At a single glance, I found the following problem in your web.config
It should be
You had closed the forms tag twice. Please try with this modification.

Regards
Ganesh

Hi to all

if i am not mistaken, in the following section
*******************************************
<authentication mode="Forms" />
    <forms name="formsLogin" loginUrl="Login.aspx" protection="all" timeout="60"/>
        </forms>
</anthentication>
*******************************************

the line <authentication mode="Forms" /> should be <authentication mode="Forms">

Cheers.


Anubhav Kumar

Hi Ganesh and Kumar,

I hv tried the suggestions, but still have error in the Web.config file.

If use Ganesh's method, hv the following error:

Server Error in '/e-library' Application.
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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: This is an unexpected token. The expected token is 'TAGEND'. Line 39, position 34.

Source Error:


Line 37: by Microsoft that offers a single logon and core profile services for member sites.
Line 38: -->
Line 39: <authentication mode="Forms"/ >
Line 40: <forms name="formLogin" loginURL="Login.aspx" protection="all" timeout="60"/ >
Line 41: </authentication>


Source File: c:\inetpub\wwwroot\e-library\web.config Line: 39


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Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.2032; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.2032


If use Kumar's method, error is as following:

Server Error in '/e-library' 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: This is an unexpected token. The expected token is 'TAGEND'. Line 40, position 79.

Source Error:


Line 38: -->
Line 39: <authentication mode="Forms" >
Line 40: <forms name="formLogin" loginURL="Login.aspx" protection="all" timeout="60"/ >
Line 41: </forms>
Line 42: </authentication>


Source File: c:\inetpub\wwwroot\e-library\web.config Line: 40


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Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.2032; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.2032

May I know in the section <forms name="formLogin" loginURL="Login.aspx" protection="all" timeout="60"/ >, what is the forms name stands for? I use formLogin because that is my login page. Is it correct?

So anybody can help me, I really stuck in this page.

Thank you.

Ai Ling

watch out the spelling and the closing of tags while writing XML's

Regards
Ganesh