map the network share to a local drive and try it again. net use f: \\server\share (F: is drive you want it mapped to) can be replaced with * which means next available drive.
Alex Elger Micronage Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: jake williamson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 14 August 2002 9:54 AM To: ActiveServerPages Subject: ot: online odbc connection for word & website hello! got a web site with a database. info is being built entered on a daily basis and once a week i've been downloading it and doing a mail merge of the data into word. at the moment, i've been using a system dsn, setting it up via the odbc control panel. what i'd like to be able to do is set up the dsn to reference the online database on our web server. i've added the database's folder in 'my networking places' but when i navigate to the folder in the select database window the folder wont open? surely this kind of thing is possible? is it a case of i have to write a custom script and put in in the 'my data sources' folder? i cant believe it aint possible.... any suggestions would be grand! cheers, jake --- You are currently subscribed to activeserverpages as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% --- You are currently subscribed to activeserverpages as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
