web service accessing .mdb via URL

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I am hoping someone can help point me in the right direction.

I have developed a web service that is pulling/returning a datatable from an Access database located on the c: drive of the IIS server machine.

But when I change the web service to look at an Access database located out on the nework via a URL path, everything keeps failing "not a valid path"...

I think I might need to make a Virtual Directory on my IIS and use that as the path to the non-local Access database. But I'm not able to get the vb.net web service to then use that directory to get to the Access database.

Thanks!