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DBF Connection from Win2k Server Web site to Windows Small Business Server 2003 over VPN

I am having difficulty connecting from an asp web site (web server on win2k server) through an automatically established VPN to an Windows 2003 Small business server share into a folder containing the dbf

I get lots of wonderfull errors.  

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80004005'

[Microsoft][ODBC dBase Driver]General error Unable to open registry key 'Temporary (volatile) Jet DSN for process 0x9dc Thread 0x488 DBC 0x38771bc Xbase'.

with the asp coding for above is simply
  Set whConn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
  whConn.Open "Driver={Microsoft dBASE Driver (*.dbf)};" & _
                       "Dbq=f:\testwhdb"

(the f:\testwhdb is the already established VPN network share into the remote machine)



OR errors like

Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80004005'

'\\SERVERNAME\testwhdb\whprods.dbf' is not a valid path. Make sure that the path name is spelled correctly and that you are connected to the server on which the file resides.

with asp simply
 whconn.open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=\\boss\testwhdb\whprods.dbf"

OR errors like
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80004005'

[Microsoft][ODBC dBase Driver]General error Unable to open registry key 'Temporary (volatile) Jet DSN for process 0x9dc Thread 0x880 DBC 0x387bc24 Xbase'.
 
with asp as
 whconn.open "Driver={Microsoft dBASE Driver (*.dbf)};'Dbq=\\boss\testwhdb;"


I am confused

I have looked for things like permissions using IUSR_machine name in the remote machine but still no joy...
The vpn will allow any ports, so nothing is blocked...

Any help would be brilliant

Thanks in advance

Steven
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Julian HansenCommented:
Just to understand you correctly


+--------------+           VPN                +------------+
| Webserver |---------------------------| dbf file     |
+--------------+                                 +------------+
ASP script
runs here

Is this correct?

Does the code work if you put the dbf file locally on the webserver (not suggesting this as a solution but to eliminate whether it is a VPN problem or a config problem on the web server)?

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CybordaxAuthor Commented:
yes, my friend, i have copied locally and it works fine...

I can put the same asp coding in a visual basic program and run it... i.e. on the web server and it goes through vpn and pulls the data from the dbf. (but it takes like 1 minute to get one record specified by the program i.e. where the fieldname = whatever)

To me it suggests security permissions, which i have put to basic permissions, etc... mapped a network drive...
pretty much everything...

Thanks in advance :)
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Julian HansenCommented:
Ok,

Next stage is what happens if you put the file on another resource on your LAN - i.e. leave out the VPN and use another workstation on the same LAN as the server - does that work.

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CybordaxAuthor Commented:
intriguing.  that was something i should have tested... but did not......
i get an error

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80004005'

[Microsoft][ODBC dBase Driver] '(unknown)' is not a valid path. Make sure that the path name is spelled correctly and that you are connected to the server on which the file resides.

i set up the dsn on the web server and the dbf on another machine lan based  but no joy, tried the following asp
Set whConn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
  whConn.Open "Driver={Microsoft dBASE Driver (*.dbf)};" & _
                      "Dbq=f:\testwhdb" also trued UNC

also did normal dsn.

hmmm... i am confused now.  also disabled any firewalls
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Julian HansenCommented:
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CybordaxAuthor Commented:
You are a superstar

I unticked the IIS5 allow iis to control password, and typed in the uid and pwd of the remote machine and it all worked :)

Thank you very much...

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Julian HansenCommented:
my pleasure - glad you got sorted out
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