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Access Database through ftp...

Our companys website maintains an Access database which contains customer information and shipping information. Our only access to this database is through ftp. I need to update the shipping information in the database but I don't know how to connect to it. From my machine at work I would first need to go through our firewall and then login to the ftp site. How should I go about updating this database without pulling it down first, then updating it, and uploading it to its original place? Maybe I didn't ask right...I just don't know where to go from here... I can give any details that maybe helpful to point me in the right direction.

wesleystewart

Working with your internet guys, can you jsut get access to the directory on the server where the .mdb file resides, and then directly manipulate the records? With optimistic locking Access should lock down all the records while you're updating one or two customers at a time or something like that.

Somewhere that .mdb file resides on a server. That would be my first target. You could link directly to the table with the info you need to update and work on it as and when you wish.

Wes

Kx9029

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Right, the .mdb file does reside on the server but my problem is that I only have ftp access to that server. Is there an odbc driver that can ftp into a site and then connect to the database or is there another route I should take from there? The ftp access I have to the site is directly to the database directory.

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Kx9029

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I feel like saying duh! to myself. I do deserve one, anyhow thanks for the input. Thats what I was afraid of from the begining....thanks for your time.

mcrider

I say DUH! to myself all the time... No big deal ;-) Thanks for the points! Glad I could help!

Cheers!