Ok i talked to my host provider. He tells me that if the database had been opened by a means other then the following it changes the paramiters inside the DB.
1>connect to the Server with front page.
2> use FP to open the database which passes it alonf to acces wich in turn actually does the opening.
about 7 weeks ago i opened a copy, on my desktop, of the database with access. I later uploaded the updated databas and the forums worked fine for the next 7 weeks. What prombted my wanting to upgrade to 8.? is the 7.0 forums were starting to get errors and i had not updated in a while. The latest error for example. and still up at
http://www.darkcontinuum.com/forum
Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80040e09'
Cannot update. Database or object is read-only.
/forum/login_user.asp, line 171
Even with a 3 month old back up databast i have never opened i still get the write errors. and the provider has checked a couple times the folder and file permissions for me.
Thanks.