Database Connectivity

Microsoft has a tutorial for ASP.  There is a connection string in the
code
as follows:

 DBQ=C:\Inetpub\Wwwroot\Tutorial\guestboo
k.mdb;"\

How do I change this statement once I move the page to my web server?
I
have the database in my root folder.


Thanks

Try using this, both locally and remotely:

Dim sConnectionString
sConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" &
Server.MapPath("/tutorial/guestbook.mdb")

Note that unless you've configured IIS so that read-access is denied to that
file or directory via HTTP, anyone in the world can download your database.
(Assuming that directory is a WWW-published directory.)

Ray at work


<MROPARTNER@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1104181530.101426.202050@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Microsoft has a tutorial for ASP.  There is a connection string in the
> code
> as follows:
>
>  DBQ=C:\Inetpub\Wwwroot\Tutorial\guestboo
k.mdb;"\
>
> How do I change this statement once I move the page to my web server?
> I
> have the database in my root folder.
>
>
> Thanks
>

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 16:11:54 -0500, "Ray Costanzo [MVP]" <my first
name at lane 34 dot commercial> wrote:

>Try using this, both locally and remotely:
>
>Dim sConnectionString
>sConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" &
>Server.MapPath("/tutorial/guestbook.mdb")

As an explanation, Server.MapPath finds the actual physical path on
the system to the file beginning at the root of the web.  So if your
file was physically at:

 c:\inetpub\wwwroot\subfolder1\applicatio
n\database.mdb

and your site's root was at:

c:\inetpub\wwwroot\

then the MapPath argument would be:

("/subfolder1/application/database.mdb")

Using MapPath ensure that the structure of your web site is followed,
no matter where the root of your site happens to be on the server.
Your ISP could have your root at H:\Webroots\BasicHostingPlans\Bob\
and as long as your structure of your site is the same as on your
home/development system you don't need to change the code.

Jeff


>Note that unless you've configured IIS so that read-access is denied to tha
t
>file or directory via HTTP, anyone in the world can download your database.
>(Assuming that directory is a WWW-published directory.)
>
>Ray at work
>
>
><MROPARTNER@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:1104181530.101426.202050@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... 
>

Jeff,

Do you offer consulting (tech support) by the hour?  If so what is your
fee?

Thanks

On 27 Dec 2004 18:06:00 -0800, MROPARTNER@comcast.net wrote:

>Do you offer consulting (tech support) by the hour?  If so what is your
>fee?

Contact me via email at:

jeff at zina dot com

Jeff