VistaDBErrorLog fails to initialize with no connection string

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Setup ELMAH on a web site
2. Configure it to use the VistaDBErrorLog
3. Do not specify the connection string or leave it empty.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

One would expect a specific error along the lines of, "Connection string 
is missing." Instead, in a DEBUG build, one gets the assertion attached in 
assert.txt. Ignoring the assertion leads to the following exception 
attached in error.txt. In a RELEASE build, only the exception attached in 
error.txt occurs.

Additional information:

Here is how the ELMAH configuration section looked like:

<elmah>
  <errorLog type="Elmah.VistaDBErrorLog, Elmah" />
</elmah>

The same happens if you have the following:

<elmah>
  <errorLog type="Elmah.VistaDBErrorLog, Elmah" connectionString="" />
</elmah>

Environment:

- ELMAH version: revision 326 of the source repository
- OS: Windows Vista Business Edition SP 1 (Build 6001)
- ASP.NET: version 2.0

Original issue reported on code.google.com by azizatif on 12 Jun 2008 at 12:17

Attachments:

albertocolom / elmah

VistaDBErrorLog fails to initialize with no connection string #65