'unknown' in not a valid path... eror

Question

Here is the situation.
I hava a Microsoft Access DB file on a brinkster.com server.
My current goal is to create an applet that gains access to that db file.
Here is the relavant part of the code:
try {
//select a driver to be used for database access     
//Class.forName("com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver");
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
//testing area
String dbCon = "jdbc:odbc:Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=\\\\genfs4\\www34\\thebigapple\\db\\new.mdb";
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(dbCon,"admin","");
catch (ClassNotFoundException e){System.out.println(e.toString());}
catch (SQLException e){System.out.println(e.toString());}
Brinkster has some sample codes that allow to connect through ASP.
Using it like so works:
Set oConn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
oConn.Open("DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=" & Server.MapPath("\thebigapple\db\new.mdb"))
To get a valid url I printed the Server.MapPath("\thebigapple\db\new.mdb") value, which gave me
\\genfs4\www34\thebigapple\db\new.mdb
I tested it by using
oConn.Open("DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=\\genfs4\www34\thebigapple\db\new.mdb")
The path worked.
Now when I use it in my applet, the applet starts (by the way I had to make the applet signed for the drivers to work), I open the java console and it says 'unknown' is not a valid path name...
As far as I know this means that it did not get the DBQ value, right?
Please shed some light on this!
I tried a few different values for the DBQ, still get the same 'unknown'...
Also, I tested the code on a local db. (DBQ=c:\new.mdb) and it DID work.

Answer 1

I've managed to solve this problem.
Here it goes for anyone who would like to use JDBC applets with brinkster free hosting.
The trick is to:
-set the DBQ=\nameOfDBFile.mdb
-sign the applet
-and place it in the \db directory of your site
-also, for some reason the html file that I used to call the applet, refused to work in any place other that the db directory.
So the db directory should have
-.mdb file
-the .html file that is used to call the applet
-and the signed .jar applet file
Hope this helps someone...