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Troubleshoot issues with Windows SharePoint Services.
Edit web.config to display errors
If you get:
ExecuteNonQuery requires an open and available Connection. The connection’s current state is closed.
run grant_sql_perms.vbs script
If you get
ExecuteNonQuery: Connection property has not been initialized.
add the connection string from the external web.config to the internal web.config too.
ECST settings are in feature.xml file located at:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\TEMPLATE\FEATURES\ECTSBase
Tags: ECTS
Angela,
Thanks so much for publishing this troubleshooting guidance. It helped me to solve a problem with FBA in WSS. Just wanted to recognize your contributions.
Thanks,
Dan Blake