I cannot find the IIS VIRTUAL DIRECTORY MANAGEMENT in the MMC. I follwoed all your instructions. Do I have to install this utiltiy ? If so, how ? I am using Windows XP Professional.

Thanks

I have the same problem so i just use the IIS snapin to create the
virtual directory. But i get an error when i try to run the site.

Ok the missing link option "IIS virtual directory management for sql server" is only available in SQL XML 3.0 (installed with old SQL parts) and they dropped support for it in 2005 at some point. I was thinking it would be in SQL 2005 and SQL 2005 Express and the later version of SQL XML, I was wrong. So if you want to do it as per the book then go to this link:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

and install SQL XML 3.0. Then this option will appear in the Add Standalone Snap-In menu and you can continue as per the steps in the book.

Chris

Chris Ullman
Programmer/Technical Author
http://www.cuasp.co.uk

OK, I've followed all the steps in the book including downloading this item. When I try to get to the site via the url I get This Page Cannot Be Displayed.

I'm still thinking there is some permission problems or something. Do I have to set anything on the security tab? Looks like it needs a sql user/password there?

Frustrated,
Rut

Hi Rut,
        OK hang in there, we're here to help. Ok there's lots of reason a page might not be displayed. I'm guessing you're seeing some sort of HTTP error right? Can you let me know the number of the precise error you're seeing when you type in http://localhost/WroxUnited/default.aspx? And the error message. I'm thinking it might be a 403 one...

It could well be a permissions problem, however it won't need a sql user id and password. It should just need some more enabling of permissions, if this is the case. Also I'm assuming this is with IIS. Having you tried getting it working with Cassini too? Getting it working with Cassini is simpler than IIS, and also it can give more clues as to why it might not be working with IIS. However first step, is to let me know the precise error code and message, and hopefully it'll be something easy to fix.

Chris

Chris

Chris Ullman
Programmer/Technical Author
http://www.cuasp.co.uk

OK, I'll have to wait until I get home from work tonight but I don't remember an error number listed.

Have not tried it with Cassini as I will eventually be required to use IIS for the platform. I'm using xp pro, Visual Studio Pro, sqlexpress. I've downloaded the complete file package and unzipped it into folder c:\websites\wroxunited. There were a lot of files including the still zipped individual chapter files.

Set up IIS as outlined in Appendix B. Set permissions for the wroxunited folder (added NETWORK SERVICE and gave it read/write permissions). Set the asp version for the wroxunited virtual directory in IIS to 2.0......

I'll let you know what html error I'm getting later this evening.

Thanks
Rut

I'm getting this error

HTTP 500 - Internal server error
Internet Explorer

Ok - I'm on it. That's probably the least helpful error message in the entire canon of the ASP/ASP.NET error messages :-). So I'm going to have attempt to recreate the error myself. I'll get back to you.

Chris

Chris Ullman
Programmer/Technical Author
http://www.cuasp.co.uk

Please see this thread for latest problems.

http://p2p.wrox.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=37465

Ok all further answers will be on that thread (except this one). A word of warning... it's a lot hard to get it working with SQl 2005 than it is with SQL Express. This answer deals with SQL Express and IIS.

Have you tried to run aspnet_regiis -i ? Here's a quote of my text from the new edition:

It's a permission problem, but one you shouldn't have if ASP.NET has installed and registered itself correctly. This command reregisters it.

One last thing to bear in mind, if you are using server 2003, then you need to enable asp.net within IIS manager (it is disabled by default for security reasons).

Chris



Chris Ullman
Programmer/Technical Author
http://www.cuasp.co.uk