http://localhost/reports gives error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

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http://localhost/reports gives error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

shiwani.plrs

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January 4, 2010 at 2:52 am

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hay
m using windiows vista home edition and IIS7.5
when i open http:// localhost : - it displays the home page
when i open http:// localhost/ reportserver : it displayes its proper contents
but when i try to open http:// localhost/ reports : it gives errror as "Object reference not set to an instance of an object. "
m unable to browse any of my website also,
plz help

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steveb. SSC-Forever Points: 46733 More actions · Answer 1

It sounds like your report server has not been setup correctly

have you run the reporting services configuration manager?

if so, are there green ticks on the first 6 items on the left?

Gift Peddie SSC Guru Points: 73570 More actions · Answer 2

shiwani.plrs (1/4/2010)
hay
m using windiows vista home edition and IIS7.5
when i open http:// localhost : - it displays the home page
when i open http:// localhost/ reportserver : it displayes its proper contents
but when i try to open http:// localhost/ reports : it gives errror as "Object reference not set to an instance of an object. "
m unable to browse any of my website also,
plz help

Vista comes with IIS7 not IIS7.5, the reason for your error is because you cannot use the IIS7 in Vista Home edition for SSRS 2005 development because SSRS 2005 require Windows authentication which is not included in IIS7 in the Home editions of both Vista and Windows7. However if you are using this for development only then check the thread below for a work around solution using SQL Server 2005 relational engine and SSRS 2008 because SSRS 2008 does not require IIS for implementation.

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic754296-150-1.aspx

Kind regards,
Gift Peddie

Gift Peddie SSC Guru Points: 73570 More actions · Answer 3

becklery (1/9/2010)
Hi.
Please refer to the url below:
http://forums.aspfree.com/net-development-11/common-causes-of-object-reference-not-set-to-an-instance-45799.html
I wish it will be helpful.
Regards,
becklery.

You need to stop posting your random answers to threads because if you don't know the reason for this error you don't know SSRS implementation details so please stop posting random answers to threads.

Kind regards,
Gift Peddie

frontier_teg Grasshopper Points: 21 More actions · Answer 4

I've experienced this problem a few times.

Typically it happens to me when I have hidden textbox executing some Code.xxx routine and that textbox is located under a table and the table has some kind of group page break.

It seems that with each page break, the fields hidden under the table are refreshed and sometimes get a object reference error.

Here's the weird thing.

I can typically fix the problem simply by moving all the hidden fields to a location such that their upper left corner is above the table's upper left corner, or to the left of it. It's like the position of the field somehow has smoe influence on what is refreshed and what is not.

I do not claim to know why it works, it just does.