In my experience (just now today), Courier 2.7.x isn't yet compatible with Umbraco 4.8. We have several 4.8 sites, then installed Courier 2.7 today which we'd purchased the licenses for awhile back. Crashed in a couple ways, most notably a SQL Insert conflict error. Tried installing fresh on some 4.7.2 sites, no problem.

Haven't yet upgraded existing Courier-enabled sites to 4.8 to test, but definitely wait until some kind of installation bugs are worked out regarding these two.

Hi Eric

I would love to see some stacktraces or exceptions thrown by umbraco / courier for these crashes as I have tested against 4.8 during its developement, and just now, after reading your comment also tried transfering a complete site from a 4.8 to another 4.8 site, without any issues or error messages. 

So for me to be able to track these things down, I need to get some error info from sites in the wild experiencing this.

/per

Here are the steps I followed testing Courier 2.7.1 (yesterday's build) against 4.7.2 and 4.8.0 brand-new Umbraco sites

[SqlException (0x80131904): The INSERT statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint "FK_umbracoUser2app_umbracoApp". The conflict occurred in database "umbraco_deveric", table "dbo.umbracoApp", column 'appAlias'.
The statement has been terminated.]
   System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection) +404
   System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning() +412
   System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj) +1363
   System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.FinishExecuteReader(SqlDataReader ds, RunBehavior runBehavior, String resetOptionsString) +6387805
   System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteReaderTds(CommandBehavior cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream, Boolean async) +6389506
   System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteReader(CommandBehavior cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream, String method, DbAsyncResult result) +538
   System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.InternalExecuteNonQuery(DbAsyncResult result, String methodName, Boolean sendToPipe) +689
   System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery() +327
   Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.Data.SqlHelper.ExecuteNonQuery(String connectionString, CommandType commandType, String commandText, SqlParameter[] commandParameters) +167
   umbraco.DataLayer.SqlHelper`1.ExecuteNonQuery(String commandText, IParameter[] parameters) +150

[SqlHelperException: Umbraco Exception (DataLayer): SQL helper exception in ExecuteNonQuery]
   umbraco.DataLayer.SqlHelper`1.ExecuteNonQuery(String commandText, IParameter[] parameters) +261
   umbraco.BusinessLogic.User.addApplication(String AppAlias) +229
   Umbraco.Courier.UI.Usercontrols.Installer.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) +1407
   System.Web.Util.CalliHelper.EventArgFunctionCaller(IntPtr fp, Object o, Object t, EventArgs e) +25
   System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +71
   System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +190
   System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +190
   System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +190
   System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +190
   System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +190
   System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +190
   System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +3064

SEE: http://blog.mattbrailsford.com/2012/07/18/creating-custom-applications-and-trees-in-umbraco-4-8/ for an explanation of why this error is happening.

The easiest and least destructive fix is to add the row manually to the table

1) Run this SQL:

insert into umbracoApp(sortOrder, appAlias, appIcon, appName) values (7, 'courier', 'courier.jpg','Umbraco Courier')

2) Uninstall Courier

3) Re-Install Courier

Now I can't create locations at all (there is no create option), and I'm getting this error when I try to create a revision:

System.Exception: Database persistence could not be found, please ensure you have a valid connection string and a Umbraco.Courier.Persistence.* dll in your /bin at Umbraco.Courier.Core.PersistenceManager.GetPersistenceProvider(Guid id) at Umbraco.Courier.ItemProviders.DataTypeProvider.AvailableSystemItems() in c:\Program Files (x86)\teamcity\buildAgent\work\872c402d3442319c\Core\Umbraco.Courier.Providers\ItemProviders\DataTypeProvider.cs:line 34 at Umbraco.Courier.RepositoryProviders.Local.GetChildren(ItemIdentifier itemID) in c:\Program Files (x86)\teamcity\buildAgent\work\872c402d3442319c\Contrib\Providers\Umbraco.Courier.RepositoryProviders\Local\Local.cs:line 260 at Umbraco.Courier.RepositoryProviders.Local.GetRootItems(Guid providerID) in c:\Program Files (x86)\teamcity\buildAgent\work\872c402d3442319c\Contrib\Providers\Umbraco.Courier.RepositoryProviders\Local\Local.cs:line 277 at Umbraco.Courier.Core.Packaging.RevisionPackaging.AddToQueue(RevisionManifest manifest) at Umbraco.Courier.Core.Tasks.PackagingTask.Run() at Umbraco.Courier.Core.TaskManager.(IRevisionTask value) 8/2/2012 11:26:53 AM

 I'm going to try Courier 2.6 instead.

Getting this error when I create a revision with umbraco 2.6 (also unable to create locations):

System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary. at Umbraco.Courier.Core.ItemProvider.get_DatabasePersistence() at Umbraco.Courier.ItemProviders.DataTypeProvider.AvailableSystemItems() in c:\Program Files (x86)\teamcity\buildAgent\work\b6e7862632b3bd64\Umbraco.Courier.Providers\ItemProviders\DataTypeProvider.cs:line 34 at Umbraco.Courier.Core.Packaging.RevisionPackaging.AddToQueue(RevisionManifest manifest) at Umbraco.Courier.Core.Tasks.PackagingTask.Run() at Umbraco.Courier.Core.TaskManager.(IRevisionTask value) 8/2/2012 11:43:48 AM

I'm now on version Courier_2.7_2.7.0.37.zip with Umbraco 4.8 RTM

I discovered I can actually create a location at the end of the installation, but I can't create any additional locations once I leave the install wizard. 

When I create a revision, I am still getting the error:

System.Exception: Database persistence could not be found, please ensure you have a valid connection string and a Umbraco.Courier.Persistence.* dll in your /bin at Umbraco.Courier.Core.PersistenceManager.GetPersistenceProvider(Guid id)

The only persistence dll in my bin folder is Umbraco.Courier.Persistence.V4.NHibernate.dll

Deleting datalayer=SqlServer from my connection string seems to have fixed it:

<add key="umbracoDbDSN" value="datalayer=SqlServer;server=vdb01;database=umbraco47;uid=umbraco47user;password=****" />

found the answer here: http://our.umbraco.org/forum/umbraco-pro/courier/32557-Error-running-Courier-related-to-NHibernate

I am running Courier 2.7.1 on Umbraco 4.8.0 and have a couple of issues, but no Exceptions.

• Media doesn't deploy in folders as in the source site.
• This causes missing starting node for MNTP.
• After manually moving media and wiring the starting node, picked items had to be removed and added again.
• @RenderPage("MyRazorMacro.cshtml") does not deploy the required macro.

@mark 

- So if media doesnt deploy to folder, where does it go? to the media root? is the folder present?

- @RenderPage(file.cshtml) isnt supported, courier doesn't parse all cshtml files for internal references

- what settings do you use for mntp, seems they've added new options which isnt support in courier yet 

/Per

@Per

Media references in content as an Image was deployed to the root of the media, but Images referenced through a MNTP were not deployed.

The folders were not present in the destination media area.

The setting that was lost on my MNTP was "Start node ID". This property isn't updated if I change it to the root either.

UPDATE: The ids don't match from source to destination. So the start node id points to a different place!

I just tried again and the images picked on a new MNTP are not picked for deployment.

Mark.

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