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  • Rosa 17 posts 121 karma points
    Jun 11, 2020 @ 17:43
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    pdb files not loaded -

    Hi there,

    I'm relatively new to Umbraco so please forgive my ignorance. When I try to run my site, I'm getting this error in Visual Studio: Visual Studio Code error

    As you can see, I'm getting an error against all the XML and PDB files in my bin folder:

    Bin folder contents

    When I click 'Continue' in VS the error is coming up like so in my browser: Error on Chrome after clicking 'Continue' in VS

    I've checked the logs and they show nothing helpful.

    I have been all over the web to try and fix this, to the point where I can't actually remember how it happened in the first place.

    Desperate for some help as it's been melting my head! Any assistance much appreciated.

    Thanks.

  • Robert Foster 459 posts 1820 karma points MVP 3x admin c-trib
    Jun 11, 2020 @ 18:07
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    Hi Rosa,

    The pdb issues is more than likely a red herring - your actual issue is described in the YSOD in the browser:

    Boot failed: Umbraco cannot run. See Umbraco's log file for more details

    The log file can be found in the /App_Data/logs directory.

    Further to this, it says:

    -> Umbraco.Core.Exceptions.BootFailedException: A connection string is configured but Umbraco could not connect to the database.

    This would indicate that you haven't set the connection string correctly - are you attempting to connect to an Azure database, or another server? Have you checked the firewall permissions for the database?

  • Rosa 17 posts 121 karma points
    Jun 12, 2020 @ 09:19
    Rosa
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    Hi Robert,

    Thank you very much for your reply. I already checked the logs and they do not provide any useful info as to the issue.

    I'm just connecting the OOTB Umbraco DB - I've not touched any of the connection strings in the web config - that's why that YSOD error is so confusing to me!

    If I think back, I had been changing between 'PureLive' and 'Dll' in the web config's ModelsMode as I didn't know how to generate models in my solution. I then deleted the contents of the App_Data folder, which I assumed was okay to do - could this be the source of my problem?

    Regards, Rosa

  • Robert Foster 459 posts 1820 karma points MVP 3x admin c-trib
    Jun 12, 2020 @ 19:53
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    100

    Hi Rosa,

    That would do it; the default Umbraco database is the Umbraco.sdf file in the /App_Data directory.

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