Security Exception
Description: The application attempted to perform an operation not allowed by the security policy. To grantjavascript:void(0) this application the required permission please contact your system administrator or change the application's trust level in the configuration file.
Exception Details: System.Security.SecurityException: That assembly does not allow partially trusted callers.
I tried searching on the web for hosting companies that allowed full trust .NET and there were 2 that I saw: WebHost4Life and DiscountASP.NET. WebHost4Life was cheaper and had a unlimited storage shared hosting plan. They also had a lot of good reviews about customer service. I wanted to do a test drive on WebHost4Life so I tried signing up for the basic plan which cost $4.95 per month. I went to the Control Panel looking for the MS-SQL admin but then realized that the basic plan didn't include MS-SQL. So I had to upgrade to the next plan which is Advanced which cost $9.95 per month and gives you 5 MS-SQL databases.
The first problem I encountered was not being able to use the Database Publishing Wizard to export my data into WebHost4Life. With GoDaddy this worked like a charm. I called WebHost4Life support asking them if they had a Service Address I could connect to such as (https://mydatabase.webhost4life.com) but I guess they didn't know what I was talking about. They even asked me to try weird addresses like https://g3misa.webhost4life.mysql.com! How weird is that!!! They transferred me to a Senior Support Analyst who even said that connecting remotely to WebHost4Life databases is not allowed. Hello!?? It clearly says on your website that it is strongly suggested to use SQL Management Studio to connect remotely to your database. Anyway, I gave up on that option. So now my only option for exporting my data is running insert scripts on their server. Since WebHost4Life recommends using SQL Management Studio to connect to their databases remotely, this allows you to create and edit database objects directly from your SQL Management Studio client. While trying to do so, I kept getting a credentials error. So I tried creating several SQL accounts and still got the same credentials error. I contacted their Tech Support once again and they said they could reproduce the issue. It took them 1 day to solve this issue.
So after being able to run scripts on my WebHost4Life database, it was time for me to upload my .NET project files. Since they didn't have their own FTP client (which GoDaddy has), I downloaded FileZilla FTP client. I tried using the default ftp login credentials but it wouldn't connect. It kept giving me a Server Error. Even after creating several ftp accounts, the error wouldn't go away. So I had to call WebHost4Life for the 3rd time asking about this error. They said they would fix it asap. It took another day for me to be able to start using FTP.
Now that my files were on the server, I was so excited to see my pages. So after entering the URL, I get a 500-Internal Server Error. So I go to my WebHost4Life Control Panel and clicked on IIS Administration Console. There i noticed that the .NET Runtime is defaulted to .NET 1.1. So I changed it to .NET 3.5. Also i had to create a new folder below my root folder which had to be set as the application folder. They said it would take 2 hours at the most for these changes to take effect. After waiting more than 2 hours, i still got the same Internal Server Error. So I called WebHost4Life for the 4th time asking about this problem. They is what they said:
We are experiencing the issue with our server and we are aware of the issue. Our engineers are working on the issue and it will be resolved as soon as possible. Once the issue is resolved, you will be able to access your website.
Out of curiousity I asked if I was the only one getting this error and they said No it wasn't only me. That suddenly gave me the chills. How can a hosting company provide this kind of service??? Anyway, it's now my 3rd day with WebHost4Life and I haven't seen how my website looks except for the 500-Internal Server Error. I'm giving this another day. If they can't fix it i am moving to DiscountASP.net.
Ok, the Internal Server Error is gone after waiting for a day. The database is working fine. Problem is that whenever i create a new database login, it can't connect to the database at all. That's it, i'm out of here. At this very moment, I am actually trying out DiscountAsp.NET hosting. What took me 4 days to set up in WebHost4Life, took me only an hour on DiscountAsp.NET. What a breeze!!! For all you ASP.NET and MS-SQL Developers, if you need fast, reliable, affordable, great customer service, DiscountAsp.NET is the way to go!!!
