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Data Access Pages Made Easy

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I have an access 2002 db in which I created a data access page.
I uploaded the db and dap into a directory on my server.

I just want to be able to edit the db using the dap.

I cannot get this to work.

I have read through msdn articles and white papers and still cannot get it working.

Is there a simple way to do this?
 
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I get the following errors:
1. Data provider could not be initalized
2. Not a valid file name

Then it displays #Name? in all of the fields.

Here is the page:

I basically just created the data access page within access and then uploaded that along with the db into the above directory.

I also changed the connection string to point to the db.
 
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Here is what it looks like to me:
When someone clicks the link to access your Data Access page, the page attempts to connect to the Data Source which in the code on the Data Access Page is : "Data Source=C:\Documents and Settings\bspahr\Desktop\users.mdb;". This path is pointing back to your local machine where the database was created. Have you tried moving the database to a share on the webserver and changing the Data Source to to something like: " to reflect the new location?
 
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Sorry, I just re-read your post. If you have already moved the database to the webserver then all you would need to do is change the Data Source to " as long as the database is in the same location as the Data Access Page.

Hope that helps!

Chuck
 
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I still get the same error.

The dap and database are in the same dir.
 
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Is it possible to connect to the db with the server.mappath method?
 
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Did you change the Data Source path on the DAP? I'm still checking your source and it looks like it has not changed.
 
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Refresh it. I was just experimenting with it.
 
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I don't think the server.mappath method will work in this case unless your webserver supports ASP. Is this a hosted server or do you have complete control over it?
 
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It is a hosted server and it does support asp.
 
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You can check out ASP support by using the following code. It should work with your database but will require that the server administrator set up a DSN to point to your database.
Just create a test page and insert this code and be sure you save it with an ASP extension. Make sure there is a DSN created that is named "users" that is created on the server first:

Code: 
<html><head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV=&quot;Refresh&quot; CONTENT=15
<TITLE>Current Issues:</TITLE>
</head>
<body bgcolor=&quot;#FFFFFF&quot;>
<% 
' this code opens the database
myDSN=&quot;DSN=users;uid=Admin;pwd=&quot;
set conntemp=server.createobject(&quot;adodb.connection&quot;)
conntemp.open myDSN

' this code retrieves the data
mySQL=&quot;select * from issues&quot;
set rstemp=conntemp.execute(mySQL)

' this code detects if data is empty
If  rstemp.eof then
   response.write &quot;...There are currently no records to display...<br>&quot;
   
   conntemp.close
   set conntemp=nothing
   response.end
end if
%>
<table border=.1>
<%
' This code puts fieldnames into column headings
response.write &quot;<tr>&quot;
for each whatever in rstemp.fields
       response.write &quot;<td><B>&quot; & whatever.name & &quot;</B></TD>&quot;
next
response.write &quot;</tr>&quot;

' Now lets grab all the records
DO  UNTIL rstemp.eof
   ' put fields into variables
   username=rstemp(&quot;User_Name&quot;)
   password=rstemp(&quot;Password&quot;)
      
   
   ' write the fields to browser
   cellstart=&quot;<td align=&quot;&quot;top&quot;&quot;>&quot;
   response.write &quot;<tr>&quot;
   response.write cellstart & username & &quot;</td>&quot;
   response.write cellstart & password & &quot;</td>&quot;
   response.write &quot;</tr>&quot;
   rstemp.movenext
LOOP
%>
</table>

<%
' Now close and dispose of resources
rstemp.close
set rstemp=nothing
conntemp.close
set conntemp=nothing
%>
</body></html>
 
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That was what I was trying to avoid in the first place.
I don't want to have to create the active serve pages or dsn on the server.

I just want to be able to upload the dap and db into a dir and be able to edit the db through the dap without creating the whole thing in asp.

Maybe this isn't possible, but that's what I was tyring to do.
 
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Changing the Data Source should have worked. You might try changing it to: &quot;/users.mdb&quot; and see if that will do it. If not, not sure what to tell you if you don't want to go the DSN route.
 
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I just tried switching the connection string. Same result.

I want it to work similair to a dsnless connection in a asp page. Where I don't have to make any changes on the server.

Since the server is hosted it becomes a pain to constantly request changes.
 
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That was the very first thing I tried.
 
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