Question

IIS Configuration

Asked by: HarryCool

the below code runs perfectly fine on my web host. it does not work when i try to run it locally with my local IIS on my windows vista machine.

i bet it is some configuration issue locally. i need to know what!? please help.

this is the result of my below code when run locally.

inside databasconnect1
inside databasconnect2
inside databasconnect3
An error occurred on the server when processing the URL. Please contact the system administrator

response.write "inside databasconnect1<br>"
Dim objCon
Set objCon = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
response.write "inside databasconnect2<br>"
response.write "inside databasconnect3<br>"
objCon.open "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=C:\_ _\_Internet\harrycool\localcopy\db.mdb"
response.write "inside databasconnect4<br>"

                                  
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2009-10-03 at 02:01:43ID24782206
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ASP

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Microsoft IIS Web Server

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Active Server Pages (ASP)

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Answers

 

by: BadotzPosted on 2009-10-03 at 04:14:12ID: 25484792

Make sure both
IWAM_your_server_name_here

and

IUSR_your_server_name_here

have R/W permissions for your DB.

 

by: HarryCoolPosted on 2009-10-03 at 08:08:54ID: 25485640

badotz - how do i find my server name. the page on my local machine is opened using this url http://localhost/test.asp

and my IIS is named HARRY-PC

also how do i add the permissions to the db?

 

by: tobzzzPosted on 2009-10-03 at 08:11:41ID: 25485644

The script error message you're receiving is a generic "friendly" message, to debug, I recmomend you set "Send Errors to Browser" to True in IIS config. It'll be in the ASP settings. Then post what the error is.

Can you run other websites through IIS?

 

by: BadotzPosted on 2009-10-03 at 09:58:16ID: 25485948

Server name = machine name.

 

by: HarryCoolPosted on 2009-10-03 at 19:55:13ID: 25487989

tobzz now this is the message i am getting ...

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80004005'
[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Disk or network error.
/DatabaseConnect2.asp, line 17


line 17 is this - objCon.open "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=C:\_ _\_Internet\harrycool\localcopy\db.mdb"

i have checked and the path i have given is ok.

 

by: tobzzzPosted on 2009-10-04 at 05:44:33ID: 25489041

It sounds like permissions then.

Here's an except from this site: http://tutorials.aspfaq.com/8000xxxxx-errors/80004005-errors.html
[BEGIN QUOTE]
Again, IUSR_<machineName> must have read and write permissions not only on the MDB file, but also on the folder in which it resides, and in some cases the system %TEMP% folder.

There are certain situations where you will need to set up permissions for the IWAM_<machineName> user as well. Specifically, the C:\document and settings\%domainname%\IWAM_localmachine\local settings\temp folder.
[END QUOTE]

I seem to remember reading this the first time I set up IIS7 in VISTA, having problems myself. All a bit of a hassle but hopefully should solve your issue.

 

by: BadotzPosted on 2009-10-04 at 07:02:35ID: 25489213

Can you also post lines 16 and 18? Sometimes the error notification is off a line :-/

 

by: sybePosted on 2009-10-06 at 07:37:59ID: 25505526

If you have Vista 64-bit, you need to enable 32-bit applications in IIS. That is because there is no 64-bits driver for Access, only 32 bits.

 

by: BadotzPosted on 2009-11-08 at 07:37:41ID: 25770751

Grade "C"? Was I bad?

 

by: HarryCoolPosted on 2009-11-19 at 01:15:14ID: 31651516

I do not do web development full time. I am not a programmer by profession. I do it as a hobby for maintaining my personal site www.harrycool.com.

as a result i do not get to check on my questions every day. i usually end up doing something around this hobby of mine every few weeks and hence the delay.

the soltions given above were all right - partially as in the end, sybe's comment as the key to get this working but even that was not complete. in fact i had to do a ton of searching on the net and even then i didn't get a site that told me to change my defaultapppool to "Local Service" from "Network Service".

Lots of hit and trial and now the damn thing is working. But Now i fear that due to the giving permissions spree on my always-connected computer and then removing UAC from Vista, I might make my IIS and computer vulnerable to outside attacks even though I have a full version of Norton installed.

I also have lost track of what all needs to be reverted back to normal and still not mess up the working ASP.

I am giving these points reluctantly. specially to Badotz because of his nasty and unfari comments on my other post.

Unfortunately I do need to give points to be able to ask more. I don't like this whole system a bit. But still I like this site and so I will continue ....

sorry guys, just want to vent it out.

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