I had just started some asp projects and tring to debug to learn a bit and I hv received this error in projects that don't use the connector...
How I solve this?
I observed that in this project I was debuging in web.config the connection string don't have any data justa like this:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- Note: As an alternative to hand editing this file you can use the web admin tool to
configure settings for your application. Use the Website->Asp.Net Configuration option
in Visual Studio.
A full list of settings and comments can be found in machine.config.comments usually
located in \Windows\Microsft.Net\Frameworks\v2.x\Config -->
<configuration xmlns="
http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0">
<appSettings/>
<connectionStrings/>
<system.web>
<!--
Set compilation debug="true" to insert debugging symbols into the compiled page.
Because this affects performance, set this value to true only during development.
-->
<compilation debug="true"/>
<!--
The <authentication> section enables configuration of the security authentication
mode used by ASP.NET to identify an incoming user.
-->
<authentication mode="Forms">
Error:
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Parser Error Message: Connection string cannot be blank.
Source Error:
Line 121: <providers>
Line 122: <add name="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider" type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer" enablePasswordRetrieval="false" enablePasswordReset="true" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="true" applicationName="/" requiresUniqueEmail="false" passwordFormat="Hashed" maxInvalidPasswordAttempts="5" minRequiredPasswordLength="7" minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="1" passwordAttemptWindow="10" passwordStrengthRegularExpression="" />
Line 123: <add name="MySqlMembershipProvider" type="MySql.Web.Security.MySqlMembershipProvider, MySql.Web, Version=5.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5687fc88969c44d" connectionStringName="LocalMySqlServer" enablePasswordRetrieval="false" enablePasswordReset="true" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="true" applicationName="/" requiresUniqueEmail="false" passwordFormat="Clear" maxInvalidPasswordAttempts="5" minRequiredPasswordLength="7" minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="1" passwordAttemptWindow="10" passwordStrengthRegularExpression="" />
Line 124: </providers>
Line 125: </membership>
Source File: C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Config\machine.config Line: 123
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