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Chapter 26: Database Connections for ASP Developers
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Click the Plus (+) button on the panel and select Custom Connection String from the
pop-up menu.
pop-up menu.
The Custom Connection String dialog box appears.
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Complete the dialog box and click OK.
For more information, click the Help button in the dialog box.
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Connecting to a database on an ISP
If you’re an ASP developer working with a commercial Internet service provider (ISP), you
often don’t know the physical path of the files you upload, including your database file or files.
If your ISP doesn’t define a DSN for you or is slow to do so, you must find another way to
create the connections to your database files. One alternative is to create a DSN-less
connection to a database file, but you can define such a connection only if you know the
physical path of the database file on the ISP’s server.
often don’t know the physical path of the files you upload, including your database file or files.
If your ISP doesn’t define a DSN for you or is slow to do so, you must find another way to
create the connections to your database files. One alternative is to create a DSN-less
connection to a database file, but you can define such a connection only if you know the
physical path of the database file on the ISP’s server.
This section describes how you can obtain the physical path of a database file on a server by
using the
using the
MapPath
method of the ASP server object.
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The techniques discussed in this chapter apply only if your database is file-based, such
as a Microsoft Access database where data is stored in an .mdb file.
as a Microsoft Access database where data is stored in an .mdb file.