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Mattstroud
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 03 May 2001 : 12:24:17
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PLEASE HELP!!!!
I have dowloaded the file Snitz_Forums_2000_v3_1_sr_4.zip and i have extracted all of the data to C:\Windows\Desktop\My Documents\Forum and i have extracter the tools.zip to C:\Windows\Desktop\My Documents\Forum\tools and then i copyed the file Snitz_Forums_2000.mdb to C:\Windows\Desktop\My Documents\Forum\cgi-bin.
Next i opened the Config.asp file and removed the ' from in front of the strDBType = "access" and in front of the strConnString = "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=C:\Windows\Desktop\My Documents\Forum\cgi-bin\snitz_forums_2000.mdb" '## MS Access 97,
as you can see i have changed the strConnString variable to C:\Windows\Desktop\My Documents\Forum\cgi-bin\snitz_forums_2000.mdb - I am just testing it on my harddrive first.
I have tried to open default.asp, forum.asp, admin.asp, asmin_login.asp, setup.asp, setup_login.asp they will only open in a text editor so from there i click Preview in browser but i only see a green page for about 1-2 seconds then it says THIS PAGE CANNOT BE DISPLAYED, or i get a white page with blue boxes and some text then again after about 1-2 seconds it says THIS PAGE CANNOT BE DISPLAYED.
Why is this!! What can i do to fix it?!
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!
Matt
Edited by - mattstroud on 03 May 2001 12:25:44 |
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John McMasters
Starting Member
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Posted - 03 May 2001 : 12:28:15
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quote:
PLEASE HELP!!!!
I have dowloaded the file Snitz_Forums_2000_v3_1_sr_4.zip and i have extracted all of the data to C:\Windows\Desktop\My Documents\Forum and i have extracter the tools.zip to C:\Windows\Desktop\My Documents\Forum\tools and then i copyed the file Snitz_Forums_2000.mdb to C:\Windows\Desktop\My Documents\Forum\cgi-bin.
Next i opened the Config.asp file and removed the ' from in front of the strDBType = "access" and in front of the strConnString = "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=C:\Windows\Desktop\My Documents\Forum\cgi-bin\snitz_forums_2000.mdb" '## MS Access 97,
as you can see i have changed the strConnString variable to C:\Windows\Desktop\My Documents\Forum\cgi-bin\snitz_forums_2000.mdb - I am just testing it on my harddrive first.
I have tried to open default.asp, forum.asp, admin.asp, asmin_login.asp, setup.asp, setup_login.asp they will only open in a text editor so from there i click Preview in browser but i only see a green page for about 1-2 seconds then it says THIS PAGE CANNOT BE DISPLAYED, or i get a white page with blue boxes and some text then again after about 1-2 seconds it says THIS PAGE CANNOT BE DISPLAYED.
Why is this!! What can i do to fix it?!
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!
Matt
Edited by - mattstroud on 03 May 2001 12:25:44
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John McMasters
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Posted - 03 May 2001 : 12:31:08
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sorry wrong button. What are you using for a web server? I made a virtual directory at wwwroot and pointed it at my folder which contains the asp files. Make sure you have default.asp listed under documents in the virtual directory.
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Mattstroud
Starting Member
United Kingdom
13 Posts |
Posted - 04 May 2001 : 03:53:05
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At the moment i am just using it on my hard drive, just to test it first to see if it works ok, im not to sure what you mean i am new at this i only downloaded it yesterday, could you please tell me what i need to do to get it working running from my hard drive.
Your help would be very appreciated i can tell you!
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Mattstroud
Starting Member
United Kingdom
13 Posts |
Posted - 04 May 2001 : 03:57:51
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Hi i have seen this in the default.asp file:
<!--#INCLUDE FILE="config.asp" -->
<!--#INCLUDE FILE="inc_functions.asp" -->
<!--#INCLUDE FILE="inc_top.asp" -->
What do i have to do with them? Do i just leave them as they are?
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wii
Free ASP Hosts Moderator
Denmark
2632 Posts |
Posted - 04 May 2001 : 04:12:15
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You canīt just run a forum on the hard drive, you need to install a personal webserver to run ASP files on your PC.
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Mattstroud
Starting Member
United Kingdom
13 Posts |
Posted - 04 May 2001 : 04:20:50
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You canīt just run a forum on the hard drive, you need to install a personal webserver to run ASP files on your PC.
Oh right! Cheers, How can i get one? Any you recommend.
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wii
Free ASP Hosts Moderator
Denmark
2632 Posts |
Posted - 04 May 2001 : 05:09:23
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which operating system do you use?
search for it at: http://www.microsoft.com
I donīt have time right now to find the download for you.
Edited by - wii on 04 May 2001 05:27:55 |
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Mattstroud
Starting Member
United Kingdom
13 Posts |
Posted - 04 May 2001 : 06:10:00
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I've registered with www.brinkster.com and i've uploaded all of the files, i've ogt the strDBType = "access" and the strConnStringthing has the correct path for the .mdb file
But when i try to open my default.asp file it says:
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80004005'
[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver]General error Unable to open registry key 'Temporary (volatile) Jet DSN for process 0x500 Thread 0x504 DBC 0x89ea074 Jet'.
/mattstroud/forum/inc_top.asp, line 42
I've looked at the inc_top.asp file and line 42 is my_Conn.Open strConnString I've looked at this line in my config.asp file and i can see a problem, the path points to the correct database.
Do you know what might be wrong?
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wii
Free ASP Hosts Moderator
Denmark
2632 Posts |
Posted - 04 May 2001 : 07:27:57
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not sure, but this is what I use for Brinkster:
strConnString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & Server.MapPath("/wii/db/forum.mdb") '## MS Access 2000 using virtual path
You have to make sure your database is in the db folder, which has permission to read and write, if not, mail to Brinkster and have them set up the right permissions.
Edited by - wii on 04 May 2001 07:29:09 |
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Mattstroud
Starting Member
United Kingdom
13 Posts |
Posted - 04 May 2001 : 07:56:13
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Cheers, i'll try that. with the access 2000
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Mattstroud
Starting Member
United Kingdom
13 Posts |
Posted - 04 May 2001 : 08:04:50
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I tried that and now i ge tthis error message:
Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80004005'
Could not find file '\\genfs2\www20\mattstroud\db\seriousdesign_forum.mdb'.
/mattstroud/forum/inc_top.asp, line 42
Is there anything else that you know of that might make it work, is the path ok?
What is the \\genfs\ bit all about? Its not mine.
Edited by - mattstroud on 04 May 2001 08:05:53 |
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Mattstroud
Starting Member
United Kingdom
13 Posts |
Posted - 04 May 2001 : 08:17:59
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IT WORKS!!!!!!
What you told me to write worked, i just had a spelling mistake in the name of my database.
Cheers for your help
Thanks mate
Matt 
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wii
Free ASP Hosts Moderator
Denmark
2632 Posts |
Posted - 04 May 2001 : 08:27:25
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Iīm glad it worked out for you...
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