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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote WebWiz-Bruce Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 November 2003 at 4:39am
As already previously said you need to turn off friendly HTTP error messages in IE.

This will then give you an error message better than just the generic HTTP 500 error.

Then post what the error is.

This will then help us answer your question and find what is wrong.

Also the version you are using would help (Acess or SQL server??)

But like you our time is valuable as well so you should do a search once you find the error to see if this has been answered already.

If you changed the name of the database when you origianlly installed the forum or database location you may need to alter the common.asp files to reflect this.
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As stated, I did a search (not lazy by any stretch of the imagination).  I perused lots of results and I couldn't find the solution.  After conducting several searches, as a last resort, I decided to ask and, at worst, have someone direct me to an answer.

I understand the value of your time and appreciate any and all helpful responses.  The statement about my time, by no means, is meant to devalue yours.  I made the statement in hopes that someone would understand my plight (and have a heart).

I mean, these forums are for the purpose of obtaining help, right?  Not to get slammed by some bright, insensitive person who can't take constructive criticism (usually the personality traits of young programmers -- and making reference to a response that I received via e-mail, but has been deleted).  I'm on your side.  I like the product a lot.

At any rate, I turned off the HTTP friendly errors and posted a message to our Intranet BBS so that others would do the same.  I still can't figure out the issue with the files, though, and why the upload and overwrite isn't working.

At this stage, however, I'll just try to study the code and work with some folks internally to get this resolved.  It should be a good exercise.  I still don't believe it should have been this difficult though.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote lodogg Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 November 2003 at 10:49am

No it shouldn't have been that difficult at all.  I don't do code just administration.  I would make sure you have the proper permission on your database SQL or ACCESS.  Do you have a backup of your forum directory?  If this is ACCESS I would suggest placing the forum 7.6 out there as a different name such as forum2 then just place in the *.mdb and give write permissions and then see if that works.  Never test with the live data   I'm sure this is a very basic answer but I don't know much I just know IIS and stupid easy administration the hard stuff is programming!!!

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Good idea.  We'll give that a try.  Thanks for chiming in.

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Hey if I can help with the administration side I'm here.  I had some issues too but it was all permission related.  I didn't even make the change to the *.mdb as per the instructions and it still worked.  I made the change now  As I said just make a seperate directory and use that for testing.  Or install IIS if your using windows 2000 pro or xp pro and do all the testing on your local machine before you drop it in your production environment.

 

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