Vikram Lakhotia Blog on Asp.Net, Dot Net, SQL, VIsual Studio, C# etc

Hi Vikram,

I saw your web site and impressed with the articles you posted.
I am having ptoblem with my IIS 2.05.... When I deoploy my service in my local host and try to access the serive with http:\\localhost\service.svc or service.asmx it gives below error.

"SERVER application error"
when I look into the event log gives the detail error shown below
"The server failed to load application '//LM//W3SVC'. The error was 'The specified metadata was not found.
'.
For additional information specific to this message please visit the Microsoft Online Support site located at: http:////www.microsoft.com//contentredirect.asp.

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"
your help will be greatly appreciated.

thanks,
Anil

Hello Vikram,

Can you please explain "The problem can easily be worked with a workaround by using a static constructor, which is fired when the object is accessed first."

I have a web application which runs both on a shared webhosting and at my home (localhost).

Of course in both cases the SQL connection string is different (at home I use SQL Server Express while shared hosting uses the "big" SQL Server).

I only want to have one web.config file (which contains the definition for both the connection strings). The program has to distiguish where it is running. When it runs on the webhosting, it should take connection string 1, otherwise connections string 2.

My goal is to define a global variable called e.g. "connectionString" which is set at application start (global.asax, Application_Start event).

As you write in your post HttpContext.Current is not available there. Is there another convenient way to determine where the application runs?

Thanks for your help.

Hello Vikram,

Can you please explain "The problem can easily be worked with a workaround by using a static constructor, which is fired when the object is accessed first."

I have a web application which runs both on a shared webhosting and at my home (localhost).

Of course in both cases the SQL connection string is different (at home I use SQL Server Express while shared hosting uses the "big" SQL Server).

I only want to have one web.config file (which contains the definition for both the connection strings). The program has to distiguish where it is running. When it runs on the webhosting, it should take connection string 1, otherwise connections string 2.

My goal is to define a global variable called e.g. "connectionString" which is set at application start (global.asax, Application_Start event).

As you write in your post HttpContext.Current is not available there. Is there another convenient way to determine where the application runs?

Thanks for your help.