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Forum Installation

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Forum Name: Web Wiz Forums
Forum Description: Support forum for Web Wiz Forums application.
URL: https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=29708
Printed Date: 01 April 2026 at 4:24am
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.08 - https://www.webwizforums.com

Topic: Forum Installation

Posted By: tarooin
Subject: Forum Installation
Date Posted: 29 August 2011 at 10:45am

why am i not able to install the forum can any one help:
getting error:
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Server.MapPath() error 'ASP 0175 : 80004005'

Disallowed Path Characters

/law_forum/database/database_settings.asp, line 24

The '..' characters are not allowed in the Path parameter for the MapPath method.

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http://www.legalserviceindia.com/law_forum/ - http://www.legalserviceindia.com/law_forum/

can anyone help me install the script i will make payment for the services

Replies:

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 29 August 2011 at 11:03am

Your web host as disabled Parent Paths which means that you can not use MapPath witgh ../ to move up a directory when setting the path to the Access database.

You would need to either contact your web host and ask them to enable parent paths for your website, or remove the MapPath method and use the physical path to the Access database.

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Posted By: tarooin
Date Posted: 30 August 2011 at 3:46pm

how do i remove the MapPath method and use the physical path to the Access database.

kindly help

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 30 August 2011 at 4:06pm

Ask your web host for the physcal path to your Access database, then remove the part that has Server.MapPath and put in your physical path eg:-

strDbPathAndName = Server.MapPath("database/wwForum.mdb")

becomes:-

strDbPathAndName = "c:\hostspace\exmaple.com\database\wwForum.mdb"

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Posted By: tarooin
Date Posted: 06 September 2011 at 4:51am

my host says

This is in reference to your query; we would request you to please use path as "//data/wwForum.mdb" and crosscheck the same at your end.

so i have inserted this in this line given below:

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'Virtual path to database

strDbPathAndName = Server.MapPath("//data/wwForum.mdb") 'This is the path of the database from the applications location

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but i am still getting error

check this link:

http://www.legalserviceindia.com/law_forum/ - http://www.legalserviceindia.com/law_forum/

after that i emailed my host this is what they have to say:

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This is in reference to your query we would like to inform you that please contact your website developer to correct the line 24 as it showing syntax error due to unsupported character specifying in path that is '/' or '\' further we are not supporting software debugging or coding correction. We have cross checked your website is working fine but on particular webpage you are getting error due coding error or may be due to configuration on you website. Kindly let know what configuration you require on server if it is related to server.

kindly help me what should i do now

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 06 September 2011 at 8:50am

I think you mkiss read my last post, as you have not removed the Server.MapPath as I mentioned. from what your host is saying you should be using:-


strDbPathAndName = "//data/wwForum.mdb"

If this doesn't work then as your host is not being very helpful I would suggest moving web host. You should also be using the SQL Server or mySQL versions of Web Wiz Forums as Access is a desktop database and we do not support it in a production environment. Most web hosts like ourselves give you SQL Server as standard with a Windows hosting package.

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