mdb connection

Paul, thank you for your time. I had been confused about this behavior for a
couple of days now. It was starting to interfere with my work!





"Paul Whitham AdobeCommunityExpert" <design@valleybiz.net> wrote in message
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> This is quite common problem. You could install the new drive however it
> is much easier to simply edit the connection string in the connection file
> on the server, and leave the one on you machine the same.
>
> --
> Paul Whitham
> Certified Dreamweaver MX2004 Professional
> Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver
>
> Valleybiz Internet Design
> www.valleybiz.net
>
> "Ted Dawson" <screamer48@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e4to0a$f73$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>> So there is nothing I can do, even at the server, short of installing
>> another drive?
>>
>>
>>
>> "Paul Whitham AdobeCommunityExpert" <design@valleybiz.net> wrote in
>> message news:e4tn3h$e7e$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>>> This is a common issue when trying to set up databases on network
>>> servers. The connection has to be to a physical file partition, and not
>>> to a mapped drive. It is nothing to do with IE but rather your
>>> webserver.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Paul Whitham
>>> Certified Dreamweaver MX2004 Professional
>>> Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver
>>>
>>> Valleybiz Internet Design
>>> www.valleybiz.net
>>>
>>> "Ted Dawson" <screamer48@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:e4tlu3$d0c$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>>>>I like to keep my mdb files out of the webroot so there is no chance
>>>>they can be downloaded or accidentally overwritten (by me!). In the
>>>>past, I've always used a folder on my D drive to do this. This works for
>>>>me because on both my local machine and the production server, we can
>>>>both use the same path to the mdb files (not the same files, just the
>>>>same path), so my connection files don't have to change from testing to
>>>>production.
>>>>
>>>> I got a new machine at work, and it has no D drive, so I made a folder
>>>> on another machine and mapped it to D on my local machine. When I make
>>>> a new connection, DW will test the new connection successfully, but
>>>> when I run the page, IE6 throws and error, tells me my path to mdb is
>>>> incorrect.
>>>>
>>>> I temporarily changed my mdb folder over to my C drive, and both DW and
>>>> IE are happy again. I now don't know what to think... is DW somehow
>>>> generating this because locally, the mdb folder is mapped from another
>>>> machine? Or does IE know the difference? Help?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

This is quite common problem. You could install the new drive however it is
much easier to simply edit the connection string in the connection file on
the server, and leave the one on you machine the same.

--
Paul Whitham
Certified Dreamweaver MX2004 Professional
Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver

Valleybiz Internet Design
www.valleybiz.net

"Ted Dawson" <screamer48@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e4to0a$f73$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> So there is nothing I can do, even at the server, short of installing
> another drive?
>
>
>
> "Paul Whitham AdobeCommunityExpert" <design@valleybiz.net> wrote in
> message news:e4tn3h$e7e$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>> This is a common issue when trying to set up databases on network
>> servers. The connection has to be to a physical file partition, and not
>> to a mapped drive. It is nothing to do with IE but rather your webserver.
>>
>> --
>> Paul Whitham
>> Certified Dreamweaver MX2004 Professional
>> Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver
>>
>> Valleybiz Internet Design
>> www.valleybiz.net
>>
>> "Ted Dawson" <screamer48@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:e4tlu3$d0c$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>>>I like to keep my mdb files out of the webroot so there is no chance they
>>>can be downloaded or accidentally overwritten (by me!). In the past, I've
>>>always used a folder on my D drive to do this. This works for me because
>>>on both my local machine and the production server, we can both use the
>>>same path to the mdb files (not the same files, just the same path), so
>>>my connection files don't have to change from testing to production.
>>>
>>> I got a new machine at work, and it has no D drive, so I made a folder
>>> on another machine and mapped it to D on my local machine. When I make a
>>> new connection, DW will test the new connection successfully, but when I
>>> run the page, IE6 throws and error, tells me my path to mdb is
>>> incorrect.
>>>
>>> I temporarily changed my mdb folder over to my C drive, and both DW and
>>> IE are happy again. I now don't know what to think... is DW somehow
>>> generating this because locally, the mdb folder is mapped from another
>>> machine? Or does IE know the difference? Help?
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

So there is nothing I can do, even at the server, short of installing
another drive?



"Paul Whitham AdobeCommunityExpert" <design@valleybiz.net> wrote in message
news:e4tn3h$e7e$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> This is a common issue when trying to set up databases on network servers.
> The connection has to be to a physical file partition, and not to a mapped
> drive. It is nothing to do with IE but rather your webserver.
>
> --
> Paul Whitham
> Certified Dreamweaver MX2004 Professional
> Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver
>
> Valleybiz Internet Design
> www.valleybiz.net
>
> "Ted Dawson" <screamer48@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e4tlu3$d0c$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>>I like to keep my mdb files out of the webroot so there is no chance they
>>can be downloaded or accidentally overwritten (by me!). In the past, I've
>>always used a folder on my D drive to do this. This works for me because
>>on both my local machine and the production server, we can both use the
>>same path to the mdb files (not the same files, just the same path), so my
>>connection files don't have to change from testing to production.
>>
>> I got a new machine at work, and it has no D drive, so I made a folder on
>> another machine and mapped it to D on my local machine. When I make a new
>> connection, DW will test the new connection successfully, but when I run
>> the page, IE6 throws and error, tells me my path to mdb is incorrect.
>>
>> I temporarily changed my mdb folder over to my C drive, and both DW and
>> IE are happy again. I now don't know what to think... is DW somehow
>> generating this because locally, the mdb folder is mapped from another
>> machine? Or does IE know the difference? Help?
>>
>
>

This is a common issue when trying to set up databases on network servers.
The connection has to be to a physical file partition, and not to a mapped
drive. It is nothing to do with IE but rather your webserver.

--
Paul Whitham
Certified Dreamweaver MX2004 Professional
Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver

Valleybiz Internet Design
www.valleybiz.net

"Ted Dawson" <screamer48@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e4tlu3$d0c$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>I like to keep my mdb files out of the webroot so there is no chance they
>can be downloaded or accidentally overwritten (by me!). In the past, I've
>always used a folder on my D drive to do this. This works for me because on
>both my local machine and the production server, we can both use the same
>path to the mdb files (not the same files, just the same path), so my
>connection files don't have to change from testing to production.
>
> I got a new machine at work, and it has no D drive, so I made a folder on
> another machine and mapped it to D on my local machine. When I make a new
> connection, DW will test the new connection successfully, but when I run
> the page, IE6 throws and error, tells me my path to mdb is incorrect.
>
> I temporarily changed my mdb folder over to my C drive, and both DW and IE
> are happy again. I now don't know what to think... is DW somehow
> generating this because locally, the mdb folder is mapped from another
> machine? Or does IE know the difference? Help?
>