Dreamweaver 8 access database connection

Question

I have installed dreamweaver 8 on a local server running IIS
2
I am trying to connect to an access database also located on
the local sever
all connections appear to work and you can see the live data
that is in the database, but when I try to preview the page
or view from a diffrent machine. It displays a page not found
error
I think this may be related to the testing server, I am not
sure
I am running windows server 2003 and creating a .asp files
file and have configured the testing server as local
any ideas or is there a better way to sync my database to
dreamweaver
thanks
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Answer 1

It's obviously your connection to your db. Have you created a
DSN (via
Control Panel) or a connection string?
If you've created a DSN, which I suspect, try editing your
connection from
the Database panel, and chosoe Use DNS on Testing Server. The
reason it may
not work on another machine is your connection uses a DSN,
but of course the
DSN hasn't been created on the other machine. This would be
the same for any
other machines.
You may prefer to use a connection string instead. Should
look something
like this (modify path and file name):
"Driver={Microsoft Access Driver
(*.mdb)};DBQ=C:\Folder\mydatabase.mdb"
Let me know if you need more on this,
Piers