[thelist] DSN-less conundrum and a lost reference . . .
Mike King
mike.king at redroom.co.uk
Thu Dec 6 16:51:48 CST 2001
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
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