Hi Michael,

Try one or all of the following:

1. Check that there's a trailing BackSlash in the text file's data path (if what you're doing requires one)

2. Open the database explicitly with the full path (OPEN DATABASE (addbs(lcDBCPath) + lcDBCName))

3. Make sure you're doing a SET PATH not a CD|SET DEFAULT

HTH

Cheers,

Andrew

>Hi all,
>
>Im having a problem opening a database from a com server loading within vfp.
>I have the database location stored in a text file so I can change location and am checking the file upon initialisation of the server.
>
>But, when I actually attempt to open the database, it seems to go to the root directory of where the database is actually stored. i.e. having the database stored on the F:\Data\ directory the server would look for the database in the F:\ drive.
>
>Im running NT 4 server, service pack 6a, and VFP 6 service pack 4. I was thinking it might be something to do with the NT permissions but i cant find anything wrong with the settings so far.
>
>TIA
>
>Michael Henstock
>AWS