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Access Database manipulation without system DSN?
I am designing a website consisting of an access database, and some ASP pages to view and hopefully edit the database information. The ISP which hosts the site won't allow me to create a system DSN, or set up anything as far as SQL goes, but I'm stuck with them because of a contract the previous web guy made. To display the data I want, i've created a file DSN in the web root and used it to access the database (no pun intended) and display the info in a table. That's fine and good, but I'm having trouble being able to modify the database. I created a Data Access Page in access, but it won't work unless opened locally on the server. What are my options for access database manipulation over the web without using either a system DSN or other server side database referencing deals?
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Thanks guys! Actually, I gave in and went ahead and signed up for a new hosting provider since i'm under the gun. However, I'll try to get your suggestion working for future projects. Thanks again!
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when you need to modify you database, just download it via ftp, make the changes and upload again.
I guess this will solve your problem.
to can open Access file using its physical path you ca use following connection
dim cn
set cn = server.CreateObject ("ADODB.Connection")
cn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OL
for more info refer to following url http://www.w3schools.com/ado/ado_connect.asp