this is the asp.net code

All that error message says, is that you are not allowed to see the actual
error due to your Web.config settings. Change your settings to see the
actual error, as it could be happening anywhere, not necessarily in the
snippet you provided.

"chris" <anonymous@dotnet.itags.org.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Sub BindDropBox()
> conPos.Open()
>
> oSevenIssuesCMD = New SqlCommand("SevenIssues", conPos)
>
> oSevenIssuesCMD.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
>
> oSevenIssuesCMD.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@dotnet.itags.org.productName",
SqlDbType.VarChar, 50))
> oSevenIssuesCMD.Parameters("@dotnet.itags.org.productName").Value = "TESTPRODUCT"
>
> oSevenIssuesReader = oSevenIssuesCMD.ExecuteReader
>
> DropDownList1().DataSource = oSevenIssuesReader
> DropDownList1.DataTextField = "Cover_Date"
> DropDownList1.DataValueField = "Cover_Date"
>
> DropDownList1.DataBind()
>
> conPos.Close()
>
> End Sub
>
> This is the error
>
> Server Error in '/TEST_application' Application.
> -----------------------
--
> Runtime Error
> Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current
custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the
application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It
could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.
> Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be
viewable on remote machines, please create a <customErrors> tag within a
"web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current
web application. This <customErrors> tag should then have its "mode"
attribute set to "Off".
>
> <!-- Web.Config Configuration
File --><configuration><system.web><customErrors
mode="Off"/></system.web></configuration>
>
> Notes: The current error page you are seeing can be replaced by a custom
error page by modifying the "defaultRedirect" attribute of the application's
<customErrors> configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL.
>
> <!-- Web.Config Configuration
File --><configuration><system.web><customErrors mode="RemoteOnly"
defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/></system.web></configurationDid you read the error message? It said to change the mode attribute to
'Off'.

Alternatively, it said you could view the real error by running the page
from the server itself.

"chris" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> change it to what?