compare and install throwing object reference error

Press Ctrl / CMD + C to copy this to your clipboard.

Copied to clipboard

Flag this post as spam?

This post will be reported to the moderators as potential spam to be looked at

Bruce Clark 56 posts 80 karma points

Aug 24, 2011 @ 22:24

I have courier running properly from two installs, installing a revision works perfecty, however, doing a comapre and install fails every time. Here's a quick video of what happens, and the error below that:

http://screencast.com/t/wJp8dF3HGCJ6

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Error details


System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. 
at Umbraco.Courier.UI.Pages.deployRevision.bindChanges(Object sender, RepeaterItemEventArgs e) 
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater.OnItemDataBound(RepeaterItemEventArgs e) 
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater.CreateItem(Int32 itemIndex, ListItemType itemType, Boolean dataBind, Object dataItem)
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater.CreateControlHierarchy(Boolean useDataSource) 
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater.OnDataBinding(EventArgs e) 
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater.DataBind() 
at Umbraco.Courier.UI.Pages.deployRevision.bindProvider(Object sender, RepeaterItemEventArgs e) 
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater.OnItemDataBound(RepeaterItemEventArgs e) 
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater.CreateItem(Int32 itemIndex, ListItemType itemType, Boolean dataBind, Object dataItem)
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater.CreateControlHierarchy(Boolean useDataSource) 
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater.OnDataBinding(EventArgs e) 
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater.DataBind() 
at Umbraco.Courier.UI.Pages.deployRevision.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) 
at System.Web.Util.CalliHelper.EventArgFunctionCaller(IntPtr fp, Object o, Object t, EventArgs e) 
at System.Web.Util.CalliEventHandlerDelegateProxy.Callback(Object sender, EventArgs e)

Any ideas on what could be happening to cause this?

Copy Link

Per Ploug 865 posts 3491 karma points MVP admin

Aug 26, 2011 @ 09:18

0

Hi Bruce

It looks like either a provider or an item isn't found, could you zip the revision and send me the link to it on pph @ umbraco com ?

/per

Copy Link
Chad Rosenthal 272 posts 474 karma points

Dec 06, 2011 @ 22:59

0

Was anything discovered on this issue? I'm also expriencing this when I create a revision on my staging server and the pull it to my localhost. The error occurs on the 'compare and install' screen.

Using Umbraco 4.7.1 and Courier 2.5.

Copy Link
Per Ploug 865 posts 3491 karma points MVP admin

Dec 07, 2011 @ 15:19

0

Are you able to spot which item does this? It is usually caused by an item that does not get a ID associated with it, which could mean the xml data from courier could not be read

Copy Link
Chad Rosenthal 272 posts 474 karma points

Dec 07, 2011 @ 15:42

0

It seems to do it on different ones. I reran it multiple times and it's on either the Template or a Stylesheet. So if I know it's one of these items, what do I do now?

The situation is that the code on both localhost and staging is almost exactly the same (using source control). The difference is that the databases are not in sync, and I'm using Courier to get my data sync'ed up.

I guess it might be helpful to update the code so that the error handler threw a custom error that included what file it was on when it threw the error.

-C

Copy Link
Chad Rosenthal 272 posts 474 karma points

Dec 07, 2011 @ 15:43

0

As an aside, instead of creating a script for the entire system, I've tried to create sub scripts, to only push the document types, etc. The problem with that is that it still includes the dependencies, so even those are bombing.

Copy Link

Chad Rosenthal 272 posts 474 karma points

Dec 08, 2011 @ 15:49

I started to go through the .courier files and noticed this in the my style.css file. It looks like it's trying to find the images, but they aren't there. Could this be causing the error?

    <Resource>

      <ExtractToPath>/css/style.css</ExtractToPath>

      <Hash>e975e6e3faf2e9f5d3b528276ceaea7b</Hash>

      <Name>/css/style.css</Name>

      <PackageFromPath>/css/style.css</PackageFromPath>

      <TemporaryStoragePath>/css/style.css</TemporaryStoragePath>

      <VirtualResource>false</VirtualResource>

      <NotFound>false</NotFound>

    </Resource>

    <Resource>

      <ExtractToPath>/css/images/tanbkgtxtrsquare.jpg</ExtractToPath>

      <Name>/css/images/tanbkgtxtrsquare.jpg</Name>

      <PackageFromPath>/css/images/tanbkgtxtrsquare.jpg</PackageFromPath>

      <TemporaryStoragePath>/css/images/tanbkgtxtrsquare.jpg</TemporaryStoragePath>

      <VirtualResource>false</VirtualResource>

      <NotFound>true</NotFound>

    </Resource>

Copy Link

Bruce Clark 56 posts 80 karma points

Dec 08, 2011 @ 18:55

0

Hi Guys,

I aplogize I haven't been on this thread for a bit. Here's the revision I am getting the error from zipped up:

http://umbraco-courier.prod2.deploy-imulus.com/download/Starter-Deployment.zip

Cheers,

Bruce

Copy Link
Per Ploug 865 posts 3491 karma points MVP admin

Dec 12, 2011 @ 09:11

0

Thanks bruce, will give it a test run now and see if I can make it trigger an error on my test installs

/Per

Copy Link
Tammy 16 posts 36 karma points

Mar 05, 2012 @ 06:47

0

Hi,

I am experiencing the same thing too.

I am using umbraco 4.7.1 and courier Package version 2.5.4.1.

Any updates on this?

Copy Link
Per Ploug 865 posts 3491 karma points MVP admin

Mar 05, 2012 @ 10:18

0

Hi Tammy

Yeah, the compare and install ui + apis have been rebuilt for 2.6 so it will be faster and more stable, we're working on getting the last errors ironed out so you can upgrade to this version instead

/per

Copy Link
Tammy 16 posts 36 karma points

Mar 05, 2012 @ 10:24

0

Hi Per,

I tested 2.6 too, it seem like unstable.

After a package is created and executed, i go to the task manager and select package or execute.

result i see is "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

So, when will the 2.6 stable version ready?

Regards,

Tammy

Copy Link
Per Ploug 865 posts 3491 karma points MVP admin

Mar 05, 2012 @ 10:30

0

Hi Tammy

Based on your description, its pretty unclear where this error happens, got a page url, screenshot or complete exception?

/Per

Copy Link
Tammy 16 posts 36 karma points

Mar 05, 2012 @ 12:01
0
here is the step:-

Step 1: At content Setting:
- I selected a document, right click and Select Courier.
- then a window pop Up called "Transfer Item"
- See image 1
- And click Deploy
- then you will see "Packaging your items". See Image 2
- After packaging done, click cancel.
Step 2: goto Courier Section
- I go to "Task Manager" and right hand side will see "Recently processed tasks" and i selected "Packaging"
- here i can see all the files that i selected at Step 1.
- see image 3
Step 3: Go to content Setting:
- I selected a document, right click and Select Courier.
- then a window pop Up called "Transfer Item"
- And click Deploy
- then you will see "Packaging your items"
- After packaging done, click Continue.
- until you see "Extracting Sample" was completed successfully
Step 4: goto Courier Section
- I go to "Task Manager" and right hand side will see "Recently processed tasks"
- and selected the most recent "Packaging"/"Extraction" and error message as shown as below.
- seem like once we see the message "Extracting Sample" was completed successfully in step 3, the "app_data\courier\revisions\" folder has been deleted.
Hope this is clear enough.
Copy Link
is working on a reply...

Please Sign in or register to post replies