External DataSet on GoDaddy

Hello,
First, I tried to find the answet to this question, but no luck - so I decided to post it.

When I was creating my applications in asp.net - for the first time I decided to start using external DataSets. I think they are great and work very nice!

But once I pushed the application to GoDaddy, I got an error of this nature:
I was trying to access the exterbal dataSet like this:

Dim productsAdapter As NewNorthwindTableAdapters.ProductsTableAdapter()Dim products as Northwind.ProductsDataTable
...

And got an error saying that it couldn't find this type (but it worked fine on my local machine in visual studio).
So did I miss something that prevented this application working on GoDaddy? or there are some limitations on GoDaddy? ...or something else.

Thank you for looking into this for me.

Valera

I think Godaddy uses SQL 2000, so did you setup your connection strings in your web.config to connect to your Database on the GoDaddy server?

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I'm pretty sure it uses SQL Server 2005. And the connection string was setup correctly, becuase I can get access to the data without using external dataSet methods.

If anyone with the access to Godaddy could create a sample page that uses external dataset data access method and prove me worng or right - that would be helpful.

Thank you

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You are correct about 2005. When I first signed up in 2005, they were using SQL 2000.

Maybe I am a noob, but you say external dataset, how is that different from a regular dataset?

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By external DataSet I mean that in your project you can add a new item - DataSet (just like a web form) that will be stored in App_Code folder. It is very well described here:http://www.asp.net/learn/dataaccess/tutorial01vb.aspx?tabid=63

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Oh, I am very fimilar with Scott's tutorials, they are excellent. I would not suggest using 'Strongly typed Dataset'. I didn't realize that is what you meant. Custom entities (A true database class) are far superior for scalability.

In Godaddy, is your ASP.NET runtime set to 2.0?

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Yes ser - 2.0 it is :]

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Could you take a screenshot of the error and and upload it to imageshack or some site and post it here. (block out sensitive data)

I am assuming you are trying to rebuild Scott's tutorial, correct?