Hi,

This is my first VS Web application and after the profile properties problems I'm having it might be the last. I now have the Webprofile class solution implemented and all is almost well.

In my web.config I have the following:
 

<profile>
      <providers>
        <clear />
        <add name="AspNetSqlProfileProvider"
             type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider"
             connectionStringName="connDatabase"
             applicationName="wineGate"/>
      </providers>
      <properties>
        <add name="FirstName" type="System.String" allowAnonymous="true" />
        <add name="LastName" type="System.String" allowAnonymous="true" />
        <add name="Cart" type="ShoppingCart"  serializeAs="Binary"/>
      </properties>
    </profile>
      <anonymousIdentification
       enabled="true"
       cookieName=".ASPXANONYMOUS"
       cookieTimeout="100000"
       cookieSlidingExpiration="true"
       cookieProtection="All"
       cookieless="AutoDetect"
    />

With the Shopping Cart class as follows (it is just a test class):

 
<Serializable()> _
Public Class ShoppingCart
    Private PID As String

    Public Property ProdictID() As String
        Get
            Return PID
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            PID = value
        End Set
    End Property

End Class
But when I run it I get the following error: 

Server Error in '/' Application.
Compilation Error
Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error details and modify your source code appropriately.

Compiler Error Message: CS0246: The type or namespace name 'ShoppingCart' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

Source Error:

Line 17: public class ProfileCommon : System.Web.Profile.ProfileBase {
Line 18:     
Line 19:     public virtual ShoppingCart Cart {
Line 20:         get {
Line 21:             return ((ShoppingCart)(this.GetPropertyValue("Cart")));


Source File: c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\6081676c\31819704\App_Code.qpgjuzi7.0.cs    Line: 19


Show Detailed Compiler Output:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE> "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\csc.exe" /t:library /utf8output /R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Drawing\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Drawing.dll" /R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.Extensions\1.0.61025.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.Extensions.dll" /R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_32\System.Web\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Web.dll" /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\6081676c\31819704\assembly\dl3\ada0c2fb\00d31778_bd89c701\SubSonic.DLL" /R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.Mobile\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Web.Mobile.dll" /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\6081676c\31819704\assembly\dl3\18fbe461\00bff9e2_9f1ec701\AJAXExtensionsToolbox.DLL" /R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Configuration\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Configuration.dll" /R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.dll" /R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.Services\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Web.Services.dll" /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\6081676c\31819704\assembly\dl3\ee42ee84\e6836fb9_d6a6c701\wineGate.DLL" /R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Xml\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Xml.dll" /R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_32\System.EnterpriseServices\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.EnterpriseServices.dll" /R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_32\System.Data\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Data.dll" /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\mscorlib.dll" /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\6081676c\31819704\assembly\dl3\bfceb26b\006e4b2b_5f53c601\UrlRewritingNet.UrlRewriter.DLL" /out:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\6081676c\31819704\App_Code.qpgjuzi7.dll" /D:DEBUG /debug+ /optimize- /w:4 /nowarn:1659;1699  "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\6081676c\31819704\App_Code.qpgjuzi7.0.cs" "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\6081676c\31819704\App_Code.qpgjuzi7.1.cs"


Microsoft (R) Visual C# 2005 Compiler version 8.00.50727.42 for Microsoft (R) Windows (R) 2005 Framework version 2.0.50727 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 2001-2005. All rights reserved.

c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\6081676c\31819704\App_Code.qpgjuzi7.0.cs(19,20): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'ShoppingCart' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)


Show Complete Compilation Source:

Line 1:    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Line 2:    // <auto-generated>
Line 3:    //     This code was generated by a tool.
Line 4:    //     Runtime Version:2.0.50727.42
Line 5:    //
Line 6:    //     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
Line 7:    //     the code is regenerated.
Line 8:    // </auto-generated>
Line 9:    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Line 10:   
Line 11:   using System;
Line 12:   using System.Web;
Line 13:   using System.Web.Profile;
Line 14:   
Line 15:   
Line 16:   
Line 17:   public class ProfileCommon : System.Web.Profile.ProfileBase {
Line 18:       
Line 19:       public virtual ShoppingCart Cart {
Line 20:           get {
Line 21:               return ((ShoppingCart)(this.GetPropertyValue("Cart")));
Line 22:           }
Line 23:           set {
Line 24:               this.SetPropertyValue("Cart", value);
Line 25:           }
Line 26:       }
Line 27:       
Line 28:       public virtual string LastName {
Line 29:           get {
Line 30:               return ((string)(this.GetPropertyValue("LastName")));
Line 31:           }
Line 32:           set {
Line 33:               this.SetPropertyValue("LastName", value);
Line 34:           }
Line 35:       }
Line 36:       
Line 37:       public virtual string FirstName {
Line 38:           get {
Line 39:               return ((string)(this.GetPropertyValue("FirstName")));
Line 40:           }
Line 41:           set {
Line 42:               this.SetPropertyValue("FirstName", value);
Line 43:           }
Line 44:       }
Line 45:       
Line 46:       public virtual ProfileCommon GetProfile(string username) {
Line 47:           return ((ProfileCommon)(ProfileBase.Create(username)));
Line 48:       }
Line 49:   }
Line 50:   

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.42; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.42

I ma absolutely flumoxed as I can't figure out why it can't find the type or namespace.

I fixed it myself. For anyone else who may have a similiar problem, remember the web.config is case sensitive. That means ShoppingCart and shoppingcart are two different types. This happens even if you are coding in VB. 

 Im a novice to the Personalization concept.

So i was doing a similar example to study the Profile concept.

Suddenly i got an error saying "this property can not be set for anonymous user"..

So i searched an answer for this to fix, so i reached your comment about this .

After putting the "allowAnonymous="true"" and "<anonymousIdentification enabled="true"/>" 

i was able to fix the error and was able to continue my study...

Thanks for your comment.

Nicsam