OK, the UNC path worked. Thank you very much.

Jerry



>Hi Jerry,
>
>You need to use a UNC path instead of a mapped path to the data. Also, if you are still having troubles after you make that change then it could be a rights issue since you are ruhning under the ASPNET account. See thread #742132 for a situation similar to yours about how to change the rights if needed.
>
>>Using .NET 2003, I am creating a Webform that access a VFP free table.
>>
>>If my connection string points to a table on my hard drive, I can successfully query and display the data in my web form.
>>
>>However, if I change the connection string to point to a copy of the same table on our LAN, I get the following error when I run my Webform.
>>

>>Server Error in '/mydir' Application.
>>--------------------------------------
>>Invalid path or file name.
>>blah, blah, blah
>>

>>
>>Here's the code behind my Webform's button:
>>

>>///My command button click event.
>>
>>//Points to the network table.
>>string lc_ConnectionString = "Provider=VFPOLEDB.1;Data " +
>>      "Source=f:\\data\\;Mode=ReadWrite|Share Deny None";
>>//Points to the copy on my hard drive. This does work.
>>//string lc_ConnectionString = "Provider=VFPOLEDB.1;Data " +
>>      "Source=c:\\apps\\;Mode=ReadWrite|Share Deny None";
>>
>>string SelectCmd = "SELECT employee.em_key, employee.em_userid, " +
>>		"employee.em_fulname, employee.em_email " +
>>		"FROM employee ";
>>
>>DataSet ds = new DataSet();
>>
>>OleDbDataAdapter DataAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter(SelectCmd, lc_ConnectionString);
>>
>>DataAdapter.Fill(ds);
>>
>>grd_employee.DataSource = ds;
>>grd_employee.DataBind();
>>

>>
>>My dev PC is a WinXP Pro. I have Admin rights to our LAN.
>>
>>What can I do to allow my Webform to access a table on our LAN?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Jerry