So it was the securty problem - configuring the IIS solved the problem
Thanks, Eylon
>Eylon >Try also to make your DLL into COM+. You will be able to then set the login info for your COM app, as well as benefit of some improved debuging capabilities... > >Jaime > >>>>Curiouser and curiouser as L.Carol would have it. I tried to write a new dll using an odbc driver and a remote view. Same results: with VFP/VB everything worked perfectly and with ASP it failed to connect to the remote view. On the local machine - everything worked well. >>>>Any help would be greatly appreciated. >>>> >>> >>>It's more than likely a security issue, as your COM component runs under the IUSR/IWAM user security context. Here's a few links that might help: >>> >>>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnserv/html/server102599.asp >>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B223406 >>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B185874 >> >> >>Thanks Paul, >> >>That probably is the problem - I'll look into it >> >> >>Eylon