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Pss
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Posted - 23 June 2001 : 14:53:54

Hi guys... first of all sorry for my english. I'm new and not so expert... I've my own site that is under costrution and I'd like to put the forum I0've downloaded here in this forum. Ok. So I've uploaded all the files...
First of all: Do I absolutely need that there is a sql server on the NT machine where my site is?
Second: now that i've put all the files on the machine... which is the first steps to do? Cause I'm a little it lost...
Thnx for all ur answers... Ciao!

Pss
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Posted - 23 June 2001 : 14:56:57

Ok... the first first thing i've done is going to
http\\myserver/forum/setup.asp

and I've found this error messageThere has been an error !!

The database could not be opened !!
Check your config.asp file and set the
strConnString so it points to the database.
Also check if strDBType is set to the right databasetype.

Code : -2147467259

what should I do so?

Pss
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Posted - 23 June 2001 : 15:16:21

wii
Free ASP Hosts Moderator

Denmark
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Posted - 23 June 2001 : 15:17:01

You need to edit 2 lines in your config.asp

Read this:

I strongly recommend to use the whereami.asp tool - it gives you the path you need for the database. Here´s an example:

for my site at:

http://www.friserverplads.dk/wii/

I upload the whereami.asp at a "db" folder (where also my forum.mdb database is located):

http://www.friserverplads.dk/wii/db/whereami.asp

this will tell me:

Path Translated: D:\webs\friserverplads.dk\wii\db\whereami.asp

ok, so I edited the config.asp file to:

strDBType = "access"

strConnString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=D:\webs\friserverplads.dk\wii\db\forum.mdb;" '## MS Access 2000

I just replace the "whereami.asp" at the end to "forum.mdb"

and you´re done !

Wixxerd
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Posted - 23 June 2001 : 15:19:58

You don't have to have SQL on the same box as yer webserver. I use ODBC to connect to a completely different box.

Lotsa ppl use access, and if your hosting this on some free asp site, then access is prolly yer best bet. (Free hosts don't seem to be to keen on givin' you access to their SQL boxes... go figger...

) Only problem with access is it starts getting twitchy with more than about 5 users or so on the DB at a time.

The next step is to change to lines in CONFIG.ASP to reflect the DB you are using. You need to change your strDBType variable to reflect your database type, AND you need to uncomment the line underneath that performs the DB connection. (There are 5 in mine, a couple for access, 1 or 2 for SQL and like one for MySQL I think.) You should be able to just uncomment the line that matches your DB platform, and then browse to setup.asp. Again, the forum admins are probably better at explaining this, but the README files that are included with the Snitz Forum Zip File also talk about this.

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