Need Help Developing a Deployment Strategy

[faust13]

Due to security restraints (i.e. out of my control), I am forced to develop on a laptop disconnected from the network. When I'm ready to deploy, I have to take the application off my laptop via a flash drive and copy it onto our web server, which is running IIS.

This works okay, however, I am not able to logon with the same credentials on my development platform and I get a Database is readonly message.

What am I missing? Is there some sort of key for the password encryption? I checked the db, and it's not readonly, so I'm not sure why it says it's readonly.

If you have a better suggestion for deployment, I'd love to hear it.

Thanks in advance!


Thanks,

faust13
Because Han Shoots First

http://www.hanshootsfirst.org

 

[BoulderBum]

What database server are you using? If it's SQL Server you can create a backup then run a restore in the production environment via sneakernet.

 

[faust13]

Hey BoulderBum,

We're running SQL Server Express on the production environment.

Would you still recommend the same strategy? Do I need to run that ASP.Net configurator on my production DB to guarantee it's setup to run Membership/Profile stuff?

Thanks!


Thanks,

faust13
Because Han Shoots First

http://www.hanshootsfirst.org

 

[BoulderBum]

In that case, if you just copy the data file over and you should be fine if you reference it properly.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165716.aspx

It will have the same data on it that you had at the moment you copied it.