Web.config help!

bonekrusher

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Hi All, I am learning ASP.NET so bare with me. I am using Visual Web Developer 2005 express to create a simple dropdownlist that gets its info from an MS Access table my server. It runs fine local, but not when I uploaded it my site. Exactly what do I need to add to the web.config file?

Error
Code:
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 'connectionStrings'

Source Error: 


Line 10: <configuration>
Line 11: 	<appSettings/>
Line 12: 	<connectionStrings/>
Line 13: 	<system.web>
Line 14: 		<!-- 
 

Source File: c:\Sites\xxx\xxx\webroot\web.config    Line: 12

web.config file:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- 
    Note: As an alternative to hand editing this file you can use the 
    web admin tool to configure settings for your application. Use
    the Website->Asp.Net Configuration option in Visual Studio.
    A full list of settings and comments can be found in 
    machine.config.comments usually located in 
    \Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v2.x\Config 
-->
<configuration>
	<appSettings/>
	<connectionStrings/>
	<system.web>
		<!-- 
            Set compilation debug="true" to insert debugging 
            symbols into the compiled page. Because this 
            affects performance, set this value to true only 
            during development.

            Visual Basic options:
            Set strict="true" to disallow all data type conversions 
            where data loss can occur. 
            Set explicit="true" to force declaration of all variables.
        -->
		<compilation debug="true" strict="false" explicit="true"/>
		<pages>
			<namespaces>
				<clear/>
				<add namespace="System"/>
				<add namespace="System.Collections"/>
				<add namespace="System.Collections.Specialized"/>
				<add namespace="System.Configuration"/>
				<add namespace="System.Text"/>
				<add namespace="System.Text.RegularExpressions"/>
				<add namespace="System.Web"/>
				<add namespace="System.Web.Caching"/>
				<add namespace="System.Web.SessionState"/>
				<add namespace="System.Web.Security"/>
				<add namespace="System.Web.Profile"/>
				<add namespace="System.Web.UI"/>
				<add namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls"/>
				<add namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts"/>
				<add namespace="System.Web.UI.HtmlControls"/>
			</namespaces>
		</pages>
		<!--
            The <authentication> section enables configuration 
            of the security authentication mode used by 
            ASP.NET to identify an incoming user. 
        -->
		<authentication mode="Windows"/>
		<!--
            The <customErrors> section enables configuration 
            of what to do if/when an unhandled error occurs 
            during the execution of a request. Specifically, 
            it enables developers to configure html error pages 
            to be displayed in place of a error stack trace.

        <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="GenericErrorPage.htm">
            <error statusCode="403" redirect="NoAccess.htm" />
            <error statusCode="404" redirect="FileNotFound.htm" />
        </customErrors>
        -->
	</system.web>
</configuration>

ASPX Code:

Code:
<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="_Default" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server" AutoPostBack="True" DataSourceID="AccessDataSource1"
            DataTextField="Element_Name" DataValueField="Sys_id" Width="337px">
        </asp:DropDownList><asp:AccessDataSource ID="AccessDataSource1" runat="server" DataFile="~/ATOSDBA.mdb"
            SelectCommand="SELECT [Sys_id], [Element_Name] FROM [Elements_list]"></asp:AccessDataSource>
    
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>
 
Code:
Line 12: 	<connectionStrings/>
This is the line it is complaining about. I don't know why. But you should be safe to delete it.
It is an empty XML tag (the /> means end of tag)
 
Thanks but now I get the following error:
Line 27 no names spaces aload..
Code:
Line 25:         <compilation debug="false" strict="false" explicit="true" />
Line 26:         <pages>
Line 27:             <namespaces>
Line 28:                 <clear />
Line 29:                 <add namespace="System" />
 
this is beginning to sound to me like the Web Application in IIS is not set up for .NET 2.0
 
well, I am lost.

I am using Visual Web Developer 2005 Express. I would think that it would support this. Maybe I am missing a step with in the authoring program.....
 
well, when you upload it to your site, it is no longer running locally. The host (the place you uploaded it to) must have your appliction in IIS configured to use ASP.NET 2.0.
 

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