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data source name error

I am going crazy....i have two Win2k machines next to eachother with a real simple asp page:

*********************************************
<%
dim conn
dim rs

set conn = server.createobject("adodb.connection")
conn.open "Kamfile","sa", "password"
set rs = conn.execute("select * from table")
%>
*********************************************

Both use the exact same DSN configured identically on each machine. One web page works fine the other gets this error:

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers (0x80004005)
[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified
/dataconn/Default.asp, line 6

Any ideas? I have tried everything i know...doesn't make sense...

fritz_the_blank

Are the permissions to the directory containing the database the same?

Also, what type of database is it?

Fritz the Blank

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mattyk

Also double check that you made the DSNs System DSNs on both machines.

-matty

mattyk

Looks like I'm slow today... it must be Monday:)

matty

svfafel

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It is a SQL database (referred to in the DSN) and they are both System DSN's...

fritz_the_blank

Okay then,

Are you logging on to both machines with same username and password? If you are using Windows authentication on a SQL Server Database, you may be running into security issues. Also, in the DNS, are you using TCP/IP or named Pipes? I have come across instances where only one or the other might work on any given computer.

Fritz the Blank

Maxim10553

instead of a System DSN, try a connection string and see if the same problem exists.

Maxim10553

'example syntax would be
cn.Open "Driver={SQL Server};Server=127.0.0.1;Uid=sa;Pwd=pass;Database=db1

svfafel

ASKER

the problem did still exist....BUT....

I figured it out...after installing Crystal Reports 8, the registry permissions for the ODBC connections in the registry excluded the DSN's I created. I added the IUSR user to the ODBC connections using REGEDT32 and it is now working fine...

Thanks for all your suggestions!!!!

svfafel

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svfafel

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The actual problem was corrupt ADO 2.5

Thanks everyone for the input....this was an individual machine issue...