> Hi Josh,
> Thanks for responding. I put the DBQ string (above) in the Database Designer DATABASE text box and still get the same results. I specified the datasource both ways, as a connection string and as a data source. The path following the DBQ disappears until I click on it, then it produces the correct path. When I save the connection, it still requires that I manually select the mdb. I must be forgetting something. Would appreciate any other ideas.
>
>Thanks again.
>Barry


Barry,

Make a connection string and put something like this in it:

DSN=BSD;DBQ=C:\EANDK\VB\BUSDEV.MDB

Where BSD is the ODBC data source and the c:\... is the path to your database.