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Active Server Pages error 'ASP 0241'

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Topic: Active Server Pages error 'ASP 0241'

Posted By: peter123
Subject: Active Server Pages error 'ASP 0241'
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 6:34pm

I have downloaded the Web Wiz Guide - Web Wiz Forums release v8.04 (MySQL)

I'm having problems with "Set adoCon = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")"

When I start forum everithing works fine. The problem occurs after
using the forum for many times.

It ocurrs exactly in the adodb.connection creation line: Set adoCon = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")

It's strange, the server is telling me that there is an instruction to
create a null object in forum code.

Here is the error return page from the webserver :

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Active Server Pages error 'ASP 0241'

CreateObject Exception

/forum/default.asp

The CreateObject of '(null)' caused exception C0000005.

Server object error 'ASP 0177 : c0000005'

Server.CreateObject Failed

/forum/database/database_connection.asp, line 248

c0000005

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Does anybody has an idea about it?

Thanks in advance.

Replies:

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 04 April 2007 at 9:36am

We are having the same issue after installing Windows Server 2003 SP2 and the latest myODBC driver could I ask if this is error is happening after SP2 was installed on the server?

Also to try and fix the issue in the database_connection.asp file change:-

Server.CreateObject

To:-

CreateObject

removing the Server. part.

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Posted By: User123
Date Posted: 05 April 2007 at 2:28am

While I'm not sure it's related it turns out SP2 for Win2K3 breaks some classic ASP functionality. Check out http://blogs.msdn.com/carloc/archive/2007/03/25/session-onend-not-firing-after-applying-windows-2003-service-pack-2.aspx - this MS blog thread for more info.

The main thing that's affected (at least that's known right now) is the Session_OnEnd event but there are reports of other problems which might be tied to the same issue. You can request the hotfix from MS free of charge by calling their support department (#s can be found by following links in the blog entry above).

Hope this helps.

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 05 April 2007 at 11:44am

Have found a solution to the issue by removing the latest myODBC 3.51.14 driver and installing the older myODBC 3.15.12 driver. It seems to fix the issue when using Win2k3 SP2, at least it does for us.

Also if you remove the Server. part from:-

Set adoCon = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")

To leave:-

Set adoCon = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")

It will also help resolve the issue, the Server. part is not required in IIS5+ but was left in for compatibility with IIS 4 which some users are still using.

However, I would recommend using the older myODBC driver as anyone running the older Server. code with myODBC on the server will bring down the entire application pool for all sites that it serves.

Thanks for the tip on the Session_OnEnd with ASP, I was wondering why the active users at the bottom of this page was not decreasing.

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Posted By: Monoix
Date Posted: 23 April 2007 at 11:15pm

I got the same error when I tried to add a user through the admin panel. After removing the "Server."-part I instead got an error saying

Active Server Pages, ASP 0115 (0x80004005)
A trappable error (C0000005) occurred in an external object. The script cannot continue running.
/webwiz_forum/admin_add_member.asp

Will try the older driver and get back here.

edit: Yep, with the older driver it worked.

Posted By: milchman
Date Posted: 30 October 2007 at 10:28pm

hi -boRg-,

did you mean "myODBC 3.51.12"?
I can't find information about 3.15.12 and I can't find a site for downloading 3.51.12.

Thx