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ODBC for the newbie
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16/09/1999 20:08:45
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Visual FoxPro
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Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
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00265720
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>I have a data file on an NT Server that my web page is able to access.
>I'm running IIS4. I haev a remote work station that I would like to be able to connect to that .mdb file via ODBC. How would I have VFp access the data file with out having a mapped drive? I would like to be able to use the TCP/IP protocol which is running on my Server & Workstation already. Have I missed somehting here!
>I have the .mdb file configured on my NT Server ODBC setup,
>Which DSN would I use the System,User or File DSN ?
>Is there an example of what I'm trying to do somehwere that I could look at.
>
>Thank you
>
>Scott

You should be able to just set the ODBC driver to use a UNC path to your server... \\yourservername\sharename\directory


HTH
Wayne
Wayne Myers, MCSD
Senior Consultant
Forte' Incorporated
"The only things you can take to heaven are those which you give away" Author Unknown
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