Hi,
I'm completely new to .net and while completing one of the online tutorials on how to create users for my site, I came accross a problem:
I created a new site in VWD Express (http linked to IIS) and there is a folder called App_Data (I assume this is where all the user tables get stored?). I then went to the wesite administration tool to connect to a sql database, followed the commands and tried to test for "AspNetSqlProvider".
The following error message came up:
"Could not establish a connection to the database.
If you have not yet created the SQL Server database, exit the Web Site Administration tool, use the aspnet_regsql command-line utility to create and configure the database, and then return to this tool to set the provider. "
I ran the aspnet_regsql.exe and tried to set up the sql on my local machine (It would not allow me to do this), so I then decided to try and create a database on our bonafide sql server on the network, by running aspnet_regsql.exe again.
This time it all set up correctly and using the SQL server manager I can see my database there (called aspnetdb).
I tried running the provider management test again but the same error message that came up before has come up.
Can anyone give me any pointers on where I might be going wrong (and for reference - should you be abeleto set up databases on yoru local machine without having a database set up??)
Thanks in advance for your help
Karunakar