[thelist] DSN-less conundrum and a lost reference . . .

[Mike King]

databarn,

>a)  what permissions need to be requested from the server admin; and

As long as the SERVERNAME_IUSR (Anon web user) account has got change 
access (RWX dodgy unless the point below is done.) to the folder you're 
cool and the gang  ;)

For security get the db in a folder above (ie higher up the dir tree) the 
html folder.

html --> d:\sites\joesite\public_html\
db --> d:\sites\joesite\databases\

>b)  if no server changes allowed, what needs to be done to get ASP page to 
>talk to an AccessXX database in the same - or child - directory on the web 
>server.

Whatever is done, you'll need to use a DNS less connection string. Here's a 
great article about them, which one to use and why. 
<http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/063099-1.shtml>

Cheers
mk