The setting is still available in IIS7/7.5 and if you manually set the id in WiX then the state works ok. I think this is an ASP.NET issue rather than IIS but will do some more checking and report back (or more usefully apply a patch).
Neil -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: 12 February 2012 06:48 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] IIS7 Site Id I thought the IIS CA was fixed for IIS7 to create an id that was correct even for web farms. That or maybe the setting is gone in IIS7. On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 6:01 AM, Neil Sleightholm <n...@x2systems.com> wrote: > In WiX 3.0 code was added (defect 2219545) to allow the > WebSite/@SiteId attribute to be set to "*" to indicate that it should > set the site id to the hash of the site name (WebSite/@Description), > this code is still present in WiX 3.5 for IIS6 but not IIS7. This now > means that when sites are installed in a web farm the site id is > dependent on the install order and therefore causes problems with > ASP.NET applications that use session state as the ASP.NET session state > database is indexed by the site id. > > Was there are reason for not including this code in the IIS7 > implementation? > > Neil > > Neil Sleightholm > X2 Systems Limited > n...@x2systems.com<mailto:n...@x2systems.com> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft > developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus > HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you > subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
