ODBC DSNless connection

Question

I created some ASP pages for a database and while onmy local
machine everything was good.
When uploaded to my host the connection failed and they
suggested a DSNless connection, i reasearched it on the net and
there were several tutorials but none of them worked.
The current connection is
// FileName="Connection_odbc_conn_dsn.htm"
// Type="ADO"
// DesigntimeType="ADO"
// HTTP="false"
// Catalog=""
// Schema=""
var MM_tracks_STRING = "dsn=tracks;"
and the link on the ASP pages is
<%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT"%>
<!--#include file="Connections/tracks.asp" -->
<%
var rstracks_cmd = Server.CreateObject ("ADODB.Command");
rstracks_cmd.ActiveConnection = MM_tracks_STRING;
rstracks_cmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM tracks ORDER BY
Suburb ASC";
rstracks_cmd.Prepared = true;
var rstracks = rstracks_cmd.Execute();
var rstracks_numRows = 0;
%>
Can anyone help me modify this to get it working?

Answer 1

replace this:
<!--#include file="Connections/tracks.asp" -->
With this:
<%
Dim MM_tracks_STRING
MM_tracks_STRING = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data
Source=C:\SomeFolder\SomeDatabase.mdb;"
%>
Be sure to keep the MM_tracks_STRING = line on one line
Ken Ford
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"XaeroRamirez" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I created some ASP pages for a database and while onmy
local machine everything
> was good.
> When uploaded to my host the connection failed and they
suggested a DSNless
> connection, i reasearched it on the net and there were
several tutorials but
> none of them worked.
> The current connection is
> // FileName="Connection_odbc_conn_dsn.htm"
> // Type="ADO"
> // DesigntimeType="ADO"
> // HTTP="false"
> // Catalog=""
> // Schema=""
> var MM_tracks_STRING = "dsn=tracks;"
>
> and the link on the ASP pages is
> <%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT"%>
> <!--#include file="Connections/tracks.asp" -->
> <%
> var rstracks_cmd = Server.CreateObject
("ADODB.Command");
> rstracks_cmd.ActiveConnection = MM_tracks_STRING;
> rstracks_cmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM tracks ORDER
BY Suburb ASC";
> rstracks_cmd.Prepared = true;
>
> var rstracks = rstracks_cmd.Execute();
> var rstracks_numRows = 0;
> %>
>
> Can anyone help me modify this to get it working?
>