ok here's what the issue is..
<add name="yafnet" connectionString="data source=(local);initial catalog=yafnet;integrated security=SSPI" />
in the db.config file the integrated security is what is messing it up, at least for me.
follow this format
Data Source=myServerAddress;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;User Id=myUsername;Password=myPassword;
and it gets further. I get to the screen where you can select to enable full text search, but I getting
"error converting data type nvachar to bit"
I click OK, and continue on.
I then see im going to upgrade my users and data.. , click finish...
"There has been a serious error loading the forum. No further information is available.
Please contact the administrator if this message persists. "
I then have to restore the database.
below is my meged web.config file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="system.web.extensions" type="System.Web.Configuration.SystemWebExtensionsSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35">
<sectionGroup name="scripting" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35">
<section name="scriptResourceHandler" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingScriptResourceHandlerSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" requirePermission="false"/>
<sectionGroup name="webServices" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingWebServicesSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35">
<section name="jsonSerialization" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingJsonSerializationSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" requirePermission="false"/>
<section name="profileService" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingProfileServiceSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" requirePermission="false"/>
<section name="authenticationService" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingAuthenticationServiceSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" requirePermission="false"/>
</sectionGroup>
</sectionGroup>
</sectionGroup>
<section name="rewriter" type="Intelligencia.UrlRewriter.Configuration.RewriterConfigurationSectionHandler, Intelligencia.UrlRewriter" requirePermission="false"/>
</configSections>
<connectionStrings configSource="db.config"/>
<appSettings configSource="app.config"/>
<rewriter configSource="URLRewriter.config" />
<system.net>
<mailSettings>
<smtp configSource="mail.config"/>
</mailSettings>
</system.net>
<system.web>
<trace enabled="false" />
<xhtmlConformance mode="Transitional" />
<customErrors defaultRedirect="Error.aspx" mode="On"/>
<globalization requestEncoding="utf-8" responseEncoding="utf-8"/>
<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms name=".YAFNET_Authentication" protection="All" timeout="43200" cookieless="UseCookies"/>
</authentication>
<!-- Set debug to "true" to test out the system in development -->
<compilation defaultLanguage="c#" debug="false">
<assemblies>
<add assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
<add assembly="System.Design, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
<add assembly="System.Web.Extensions.Design, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/>
</assemblies>
</compilation>
<httpHandlers>
<remove verb="*" path="*.asmx"/>
<add verb="*" path="*.asmx" validate="false" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
<add verb="*" path="*_AppService.axd" validate="false" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
<add verb="GET,HEAD" path="ScriptResource.axd" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptResourceHandler, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" validate="false"/>
</httpHandlers>
<httpModules>
<add name="ScriptModule" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptModule, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
<add name="YafInitModule" type="YAF.Classes.Base.YafInitModule, YAF.Classes.Base"/>
<add name="UrlRewriter" type="Intelligencia.UrlRewriter.RewriterHttpModule,Intelligencia.UrlRewriter" />
</httpModules>
<pages validateRequest="false" smartNavigation="false">
<controls>
<add tagPrefix="asp" namespace="System.Web.UI" assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
<add tagPrefix="ajaxToolkit" namespace="AjaxControlToolkit" assembly="AjaxControlToolkit"/>
<!-- Default: use non-dynamic (compiled classes) in YAF -->
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Classes.UI" assembly="YAF.Classes.UI" />
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Classes.Utils" assembly="YAF.Classes.Utils" />
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Classes.Data" assembly="YAF.Classes.Data" />
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Controls" assembly="YAF.Controls" />
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Controls.Statistics" assembly="YAF.Controls" />
<!-- Optional: use dynamic classes in YAF by moving all the YAF.x directories (YAF.Classes.*, YAF.Providers)
into the App_Code\YAF directory. Delete the associated .dll files from the \bin directory. Comment out the above
"non-dynamic" namespaces above and enable these:
-->
<!--add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Classes.UI" />
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Classes.Utils" />
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Classes.Data" />
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Controls" />
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Controls.Statistics" /-->
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Classes" />
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF"/>
<add tagPrefix="editor" namespace="YAF.Editor"/>
</controls>
<namespaces>
<add namespace="YAF" />
<add namespace="YAF.Classes.UI" />
<add namespace="YAF.Classes.Utils" />
<add namespace="YAF.Controls" />
<add namespace="YAF.Classes.Data" />
</namespaces>
</pages>
<roleManager enabled="true" defaultProvider="YafRoleProvider">
<providers>
<clear/>
<add connectionStringName="yafnet" applicationName="YetAnotherForum" name="YafRoleProvider" type="YAF.Providers.Roles.YafRoleProvider"/>
</providers>
</roleManager>
<membership defaultProvider="YafMembershipProvider" hashAlgorithmType="MD5">
<providers>
<clear/>
<add connectionStringName="yafnet" applicationName="YetAnotherForum" name="YafMembershipProvider" requiresUniqueEmail="false" type="YAF.Providers.Membership.YafMembershipProvider"/>
</providers>
</membership>
<profile enabled="true" defaultProvider="YafProfileProvider" inherits="YAF.Classes.Utils.YafUserProfile">
<providers>
<clear/>
<add connectionStringName="yafnet" applicationName="YetAnotherForum" name="YafProfileProvider" type="YAF.Providers.Profile.YafProfileProvider"/>
</providers>
</profile>
</system.web>
<system.web.extensions>
<scripting>
<webServices>
<!-- Uncomment this line to customize maxJsonLength and add a custom converter -->
<!--
<jsonSerialization maxJsonLength="500">
<converters>
<add name="ConvertMe" type="Acme.SubAcme.ConvertMeTypeConverter"/>
</converters>
</jsonSerialization>
-->
<!-- Uncomment this line to enable the authentication service. Include requireSSL="true" if appropriate. -->
<!--
<authenticationService enabled="true" requireSSL = "true|false"/>
-->
<!-- Uncomment these lines to enable the profile service. To allow profile properties to be retrieved
and modified in ASP.NET AJAX applications, you need to add each property name to the readAccessProperties and
writeAccessProperties attributes. -->
<!--
<profileService enabled="true"
readAccessProperties="propertyname1,propertyname2"
writeAccessProperties="propertyname1,propertyname2" />
-->
</webServices>
<!--
<scriptResourceHandler enableCompression="true" enableCaching="true" />
-->
</scripting>
</system.web.extensions>
<system.webServer>
<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false"/>
<modules>
<add name="ScriptModule" preCondition="integratedMode" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptModule, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
<add name="YafInitModule" type="YAF.Classes.Base.YafInitModule, YAF.Classes.Base"/>
<add name="UrlRewriter" type="Intelligencia.UrlRewriter.RewriterHttpModule,Intelligencia.UrlRewriter" preCondition="managedHandler" />
</modules>
<handlers>
<remove name="WebServiceHandlerFactory-Integrated"/>
<add name="ScriptHandlerFactory" verb="*" path="*.asmx" preCondition="integratedMode" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
<add name="ScriptHandlerFactoryAppServices" verb="*" path="*_AppService.axd" preCondition="integratedMode" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
<add name="ScriptResource" preCondition="integratedMode" verb="GET,HEAD" path="ScriptResource.axd" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptResourceHandler, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
</handlers>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>