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Topic: update problem please help

Posted By: reefwreck
Subject: update problem please help
Date Posted: 01 May 2010 at 11:35am

updating from 9.65 to 9.68 when connecting to database get this error

Test Database Connection

An Error Occurred Connecting to the Database

Error details:-
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers
[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified

please help forum down

thanks

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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 01 May 2010 at 11:40am

Replace the files in the database directory with those form the latest version, then when you call up your forum the setup/upgrade wizard will run allowing you to put in your database connection details and test the work.

Make sure also you have read and write permissions on the database folder, even if using mySQL or SQL Server.

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Posted By: reefwreck
Date Posted: 01 May 2010 at 11:57am

i have put in my database info & when i click the test button is when i get the errror

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 01 May 2010 at 12:16pm

The error means that the database driver is not installed on the server.

To be able to help would need to know ALLOT more information, such as the database type you are using, if you are using a 32bit or 64bit server OS, if you are using mySQL are you selecting the myODBC 3.51 or 5.1 driver?

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Posted By: reefwreck
Date Posted: 01 May 2010 at 12:43pm

2003 r2 windows server

32 bit

mySQL

5.1

it was working fine before i tried to update

can i take new database file & replace it with old one?

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 01 May 2010 at 12:56pm

The error means that the myODBC Driver version 5.1 is not installed on the server. Try using the older 3.51 driver as if your web host is still on Windows 2003 I doubt they would have updated to the 5.1 driver.

If you run the server yourself then both the myODBC 3.51 and 5.1 drivers can be downloaded from the mySQL website and both can be installed on the server at the same time.

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Posted By: reefwreck
Date Posted: 01 May 2010 at 1:08pm

thank you Bruce think that worked

one more ? can i run a swf as a forum banner

Posted By: 123Simples
Date Posted: 01 May 2010 at 7:09pm

You should be able to - just edit your includes header file

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Posted By: reefwreck
Date Posted: 01 May 2010 at 10:51pm

i tried that it works when i preveiw in browser but just hve white box on forum page

do i need to delete anything from the code in includes/header.asp

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 03 May 2010 at 9:35am

Flash works very different to adding an image. In IE it uses Active-x and in other browsers plugins.

This means that the code to add a Flash Movie is allot more complex, but if you do a search on Google you should find some examples of how to add Flash to a web page.

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