Hi James,

  Any thought on why I am getting this error message when trying to install DNN:

The stored procedure 'dbo.GetPortalAliasByPortalID' doesn't exist.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.InvalidOperationException: The stored procedure 'dbo.GetPortalAliasByPortalID' doesn't exist.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:

<pre>[InvalidOperationException: The stored procedure 'dbo.GetPortalAliasByPortalID' doesn't exist.] System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.DeriveParameters() +883612 System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommandBuilder.DeriveParameters(SqlCommand command) +88 Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.Data.SqlHelperParameterCache.DiscoverSpParameterSet(SqlConnection connection, String spName, Boolean includeReturnValueParameter, Object[] parameterValues) +212 Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.Data.SqlHelperParameterCache.GetSpParameterSetInternal(SqlConnection connection, String spName, Boolean includeReturnValueParameter) +303 Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.Data.SqlHelperParameterCache.GetSpParameterSet(String connectionString, String spName, Boolean includeReturnValueParameter) +154 Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.Data.SqlHelperParameterCache.GetSpParameterSet(String connectionString, String spName) +36 Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.Data.SqlHelper.ExecuteReader(String connectionString, String spName, Object[] parameterValues) +200 DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider.GetPortalAliasByPortalID(Int32 PortalID) +87 DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalAliasController.GetPortalAliasByPortalID(Int32 PortalID) +35 DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings.GetPortalAliasLookup() +74 DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings.GetPortalAliasInfo(String PortalAlias) +14 DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.RewriteUrl(HttpApplication app) +3527 DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.OnBeginRequest(Object s, EventArgs e) +826 System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +92 System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean&amp; completedSynchronously) +64</pre>

Thanks a lot for your prompt response. I have tried doing a reinstall twice and I still got the same error message. What do you reckon I do?

Thanks, I found what it was. As you said in the config file, i set autoupgrade equals false.