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    V10 App server to AA app server

    Is it possible to just upgrade the application server from the older version to the newer with out any interruption in service? Or do I need to create a new server complete then migrate all the apps over and rename all the url links as well as the pointers in the SQL server?
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    Re: V10 App server to AA app server

    In theory you should just be able to install the new server then publish everything again and go. In practice, you probably shouldn't do that. There have been a lot of changes over that period of time, and you should test each app in the new environment before releasing it to your users. While I've had relatively smooth upgrades for almost everything over the years, the testing is strongly advised.

    One of the big stumbling blocks is that in V10 many of us set and used session variables of different types. Now, session variables MUST be character-type. Anything else can or will lead to unpredictable behavior. For more, you should review this:

    http://wiki.alphasoftware.com/Server+Enhancements+V11

    While this pertains to version 11, it also, of course, pertains to version 12, or AA.
    -Steve
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      #3
      Re: V10 App server to AA app server

      Steve,
      Thank you for that link, I already started on the session variables was just hoping for a painless upgrade but we press on

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        Re: V10 App server to AA app server

        I made changes to the application following the information listed on the link I am able to open the applications Login page but it does not let me login past the login page

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          Re: V10 App server to AA app server

          Details, screenshots, error messages, log results, clues, more information...
          Steve Wood
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            Re: V10 App server to AA app server

            I converted a bunch of the not used pieces from V10 as directed to from the links to the V11 changes. After making the changes When published the the login screen would come up but It is not redirecting to the home page. The home page is set up with any number of links to different applications based on what is given to the individual user the links as well as the users logins are stored on a SQL Data Base. My problem is I am not getting the userid from the SQL database or at least that it was it seems like. I get redirect back to the login after entering my user information. The access log show the system calling for login page first -> Homepage -> login page I attach the Access and error Logs (Would have posted yesterday but DBA was not in to get to them) I attached the logs and the code for the login and the home page I know I am missing something simple so I appreciate the extra Eyes
            One last piece both pages open fine in live preview the login states "Web security: Security is not active" not sure if that is from live preview or not but in the web security area security is on and the pages have the rights as follows Login is always, home is needs login
            thank you
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              Re: V10 App server to AA app server

              OK, a couple things and we will see if it gets somewhere. You cannot test security in Live Preview so always publish to local host or a remote server to test the full system. Next, your code looks fine on the login page but you don't need the redirect code around line 46 on the Home page. If you have properly set the home page security to require login, it will automatically go back to the login page if they are not logged in. Lastly there is an odd error code in the error log I don't recognise, maybe someone else here does "AcceptResult.Code 16003 AcceptResult.Text: WSAENOTSOCK - Socket operation on nonsocket while accept. - - Detailed Description: - An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket. - Either the socket handle parameter did not reference a valid socket, or for select, - a member of an fd_set was not valid. ".
              Steve Wood
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                Re: V10 App server to AA app server

                Steve I found another post where you talked about a GUID error someone else had and how the two versions 10 and 12 set the external identifier differently so I went into my application and erased the current GUID from the server and then republished after that I was able to log in.. Not sure why erasing the file then publishing makes a difference I figured it would be copied over in an all file publish but I guess not.

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                  Re: V10 App server to AA app server

                  I don't know if this applies but fact is that the Publishing Profile generates the GUID file (starting with v10.5) AND the GUID value must be unique for a given app. If you are running two or more apps with the same guid value on the same machine, then only one of them is going to behave properly in terms of security, even if you closed all but one after ope ing them. If you copied a project and plan to run both, you have to destroy then recreate your profile to ensure it generates a unique guid.
                  Steve Wood
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                    Re: V10 App server to AA app server

                    Is there a resource other then the wiki or the document finder in V12 that explains the a5w functions
                    my app uses on that I have been unable to locate and I am sure it is where my code is losing the the session variable by losing I mean the following error message:
                    (Bad Request: D:\Alpha 5\A5Webroot\nnh\pag_New_Hire.a5w) Unsafe Session variable syntax. Session variables cannot be created or assigned from either the Query String or POST body.
                    The code in question is : a5w_resolveVariablesInOverrideSettings(tmpl_GRD_NEWHIRE,session,local_variables())

                    I believe it references this code:
                    dim sel as c = "Select * from Users Where UserName = '" + Request.Variables.Session.userid + "'"
                    that is a query assigning a session variable
                    Last edited by jcurtacci; 06-17-2015, 10:09 AM.

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                      Re: V10 App server to AA app server

                      "Request.Variables.Session.userid" does not make any sense and also is not the source of your error. You must be appending something like "pag_New_Hire.a5w?session.userid=1234". That is illegal as of Alpha v10.5, you cannot put session vars in the URL.

                      You can set session.userid="something" elsewhere in your application so it exists and is populated, and then call pag_New_Hire.a5w. Then on that page you can get the contents of the session var with just

                      vuserid = session.userid
                      dim sel as c = "Select * from Users Where UserName = '" + vuserid + "'"
                      or
                      dim sel as c = "Select * from Users Where UserName = '{vuserid}'
                      sel = evaluate_string(sel)
                      Steve Wood
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