ASP database connectivity trouble Windows XP Pro
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> i have been trying to get a web site i created with ASP to run on my new
> computer, a windows xp professional operating system.
> i have it currently set up on a windows 98 machine using the PWS to run it.
> the OCDB seems to work in the win 98 environment.
> however, although the IIS in windows xp pro seems to work (the simple ASP
> pages are browsable), the data connection just never seems to work (any ASP
> page with dynamically generated tables or fields gets the error: Error Type:
> (0x800401F9) Error in the DLL ) and HTTP 500.100 - Internal Server Error -
> ASP error Internet Information Services).
> i've even resorted to dreamweaver mx to try to resolve this problem.
> websites that i created with coldfusion seem to be able to connect to the
> database correctly with no errors. when i test the connection with
> dreamweaver it tells me that an unidentified error has occured. when i try
> to open table in the database with dreamweaver i get a javascript error
> (!?!) in Connections.js which is in the dreamweaver program folder.
> i need some advice in order to rectify this annoying problem. i assume it's
> a database connection problem. i've set up IIS like PWS. they're not all
> that different.
> what going on?
> dave
It would be moe clear if you could post your connection string that you
are using. Since ColdFusion is working, one can assume that the
connections can be established properly. You code most likely seems to
be a problem od the way you have contructed your connection string.
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