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
news:e4to88$fdh$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> This is quite common problem. You could install the new
drive however it
> is much easier to simply edit the connection string in
the connection file
> on the server, and leave the one on you machine the
same.
>
> --
> Paul Whitham
> Certified Dreamweaver MX2004 Professional
> Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver
>
> Valleybiz Internet Design
> www.valleybiz.net
>
> "Ted Dawson" <screamer48@hotmail.com> wrote in
message
> news:e4to0a$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?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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