Hi All. / Toi B Wright please if you see this help...!

I am quite confused at page 50 and 51 of the Book ASP .Net 4 Trainer.
It seems that I do not have the database file for Chapter 4. shown on pg 51.
I am using Visual Studio 2012 and SQL Server 2008. I added my own db called aspnetdb.mdf but it does not have the Tables that I see on page 51 at bottom.

I.e. the mdf db was not included in the disk that came with the book.
I downloaded code and movies from the net but this still does not give me the database.

What am I missing.

When I finish inputting the code in Chapter 4. and I run it I get a horrible error page which I am convinced is due to the fact that there is no database.
However at no time in the book am I told how / what to do etc. re the database.

....... confused, stuck and sad! ;~(

All of the examples in the book use Micrsoft Visual Web Developer 2010 Express.

The database is created after you run the ProfileObject.aspx page. If you do not successfully run the page, the database is not created. I am asuuming that you are getting an authentication error. You need to update your web.config file to the following.

<configuration>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0"/>
<anonymousIdentification enabled="true" />
<profile>
<properties >
<group name="Preferences">
<add name="Theme" allowAnonymous="true"/>
</group>
</properties>
</profile>
<httpRuntime/>
</system.web>
</configuration>

Hi I followed your advice and profile remains underlines with the error:

The name "Profile" does not exist in the current context. ProfileObject.aspx.cs

Sorry but if you do see what may be causing this I would really appreciate it.

Stuck at Chapter 4.

Can you offer more information on how web config creates the database.
I think my database is not being created.

Kind regards

Mark

You need to remove the mdf file that you created. The system will create it for you. The database is automatically created after you run the ProfileObject.aspx page. Since you already have one, the system is not able to create the correct one.

Did you update your web.config file? Do you have a profile section.

<configuration>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0"/>
<anonymousIdentification enabled="true" />
<profile>
<properties >
<group name="Preferences">
<add name="Theme" allowAnonymous="true"/>
</group>
</properties>
</profile>
<httpRuntime/>
</system.web>
</configuration>

I have copied the configuration into webconfig.
I also looked and there is no .mdf database in the solution.
I have re tried in two seperate solutions but the database does not build.
Wierd?
I'm stumped! :-(

Possibly you have a working solution I can download. I doubt I have entered you code incorrectly.

What I am not sure about is how the web config and profileobject.aspx initiate a database build.

Regards

Mark

You can download the code from the following site - http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTit...-DOWNLOAD.html