7 to 8 convert error= in a read-only database

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Topic: 7 to 8 convert error= in a read-only database

Posted By: SteelWolf
Subject: 7 to 8 convert error= in a read-only database
Date Posted: 31 May 2006 at 2:41pm

Following the instructions and adding my own of reinstalling the common file after i was done the conversion came up with this. This file was pulled right from the server with no editing and was waorking and accepting input just fine. It was front page 2002 that was handeling the upload and download. I dont see how the file suddenly became write protected.

Web Wiz Forums Database Microsoft Access v7.x to v8 Update

This tool is to update a Web Wiz Forums version 7.x to version 8 Access Database

Database Updated Started

Stage 1: Database Connection..... Complete

Stage 2: Creating New Database Tables and Fields.....
Error Updating the Table tblForum
Cannot modify the design of table 'tblForum'. It is in a read-only database.

Error Updating the Table tblTopic
Cannot modify the design of table 'tblTopic'. It is in a read-only database.

Error Update the Table tblThread
Cannot modify the design of table 'tblThread'. It is in a read-only database.

Error Updating the Table tblPermissions
Cannot modify the design of table 'tblPermissions'. It is in a read-only database.

Error Altering the Table tblAuthor
Cannot modify the design of table 'tblAuthor'. It is in a read-only database.

Error Altering the Table tblConfiguration
Cannot modify the design of table 'tblConfiguration'. It is in a read-only database.

Error Altering the Table tblDateTimeFormat
Cannot modify the design of table 'tblDateTimeFormat'. It is in a read-only database.

Error Creating the Table tblPollVote
Cannot modify the design of table 'tblPollVote'. It is in a read-only database.

Error Creating the Table tblSession
Cannot modify the design of table 'tblSession'. It is in a read-only database.

Complete

Stage 3: Entering default values for new fields.....
Error entering default values in the Table tblForum
No value given for one or more required parameters.

Error entering default values in the Table tblAuthor
No value given for one or more required parameters.

Error entering default values in the Table tblDateTimeFormat
No value given for one or more required parameters.

Error entering default values in the Table tblConfiguration
No value given for one or more required parameters.

Complete

Stage 4: Populating Database with Default Forum Permissions (this may take some time to complete).....
Permissions are reset to original defaults, you may need to update them once the upgrade is complete.
Complete

Stage 5: Populating Database with Forum Statistics (this may take some time to complete).....Complete

Stage 6: Populating Database with Topic Statistics (this may take some time to complete)..... Complete

Error Discription: No value given for one or more required parameters.

Access database is updated, but with Error!

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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 31 May 2006 at 3:44pm

This is a server permissions problem.

You need to make sure you have the correct permissions set on the server to be able to write to the Access database.

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Posted By: SteelWolf
Date Posted: 01 June 2006 at 11:50pm

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 - http://www.darkcontinuum.com/forum

http://www.darkcontinuum.com/forum/login_user.asp - http://www.darkcontinuum.com/forum/login_user.asp

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.

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 02 June 2006 at 9:23am

This is the same error as you printed in your first post here.

Again, this is a permissions problem, meaning that you can not write to the database becuase the database is set to have only the 'Read' permission set, thus it is 'Read Only' you need to also have write a modify permissions on the database.

Frontpage is always a big problem, and quite often courses issues with ASP applications.

When you have Frontpage extenisons installed you need to use Frontpage to upload to your site to keep the Frontpage extensions instact, if you use FTP to upload it can mess up the whole thing.

You need to contact your web host to get them to correct this permissions problem.

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