I created and deployed a pretty simple WCF Service. but when accessing it from IE, I get this :
HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error
Description: The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration
data for the page is invalid.
Error Code: 0x80070005
Notification: BeginRequest
Module: IIS Web Core
Requested URL: http://localhost:80/ProductsService/ProductsService.svc
Physical Path: C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\ProductsService\ProductsService\ProductsService.svc
Logon User: Not yet determined
Logon Method: Not yet determined
Handler: Not yet determined
Config Error: Cannot read configuration file
Config File: \\?\C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects \ProductsService\ProductsService\web.
config
Config Source: -1:
0:
More Information... This error occurs when there is a problem reading the configuration file for the Web server or Web application. In some cases, the event logs may contain more information about what caused this error.
here is the content of my web.
config file :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="dataConfiguration" type="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data.Configuration.DatabaseSettings, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data, Version=4.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
</configSections>
<dataConfiguration defaultDatabase="AdventureWorksConnection" />
<connectionStrings>
<add name="AdventureWorksConnection" connectionString="Database=AdventureWorks; Server=(localhost)\SQLEXPRESS;Integrated Security=SSPI"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service name="Products.ProductsService">
<endpoint address=""
binding="basicHttpBinding"
contract="Products.IProductsService" />
</service>
</services>
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>
