Object reference instance error and the web.config

re: Object reference instance error and the web.config

Travis — Tue, 27 Apr 2004 20:54:00 GMT

Someone at MSDN expained in a blog article why they had to make this Exception so generic. Damn, I wish I could find it. I'll keep searching.

re: Object reference instance error and the web.config

Dave Burke — Tue, 27 Apr 2004 18:20:00 GMT

Phil, from experience I've learned to keep my expectations pretty low. Yes, that's a great idea.

re: Object reference instance error and the web.config

Phil Winstanley — Tue, 27 Apr 2004 18:14:00 GMT

That error is a pain in the ass wherever it occurs, could it really be that hard to go: -

Object reference (<THE OBJECT NAME>) not set to an instance of an object.

:)

re: Object reference instance error and the web.config

Dave Burke — Tue, 27 Apr 2004 18:02:00 GMT

SectionHandler? Good idea. Thanks, Karl! I will investigate.

re: Object reference instance error and the web.config

Karl — Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:14:00 GMT

The ASP.Net 2.0 forums use a custom SectionHandler which I find helps elimiate a lot of problems with web.config. For your case it would isolate the loading of values to specific function, which would help debug. you might want to take a look at what they do.