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Topic: Access 2007 Error

Posted By: lordtec
Subject: Access 2007 Error
Date Posted: 29 December 2011 at 2:35am

I'm having the following error:

Server Error in Forum Application
An error has occurred while connecting to the database.
Please contact the Forum Administrator.

Support Error Code:- err_Access_db_connection
File Name:- database_connection.asp
Forum Version:- 10.03

Error details:-
ADODB.Connection
Provider not found. It is possible that it is not installed correctly.

What am I doing wrong?

Replies:

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 29 December 2011 at 10:46am

The error means that the Access database driver can not be found on the server.

If you are using a 64bit OS there is not a 64bit JET driver for Access, so you need to run the application pool for the website in 32bit mode so that the 32bit driver can be used.

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Posted By: lordtec
Date Posted: 29 December 2011 at 4:19pm

How do I do that?

Put in IIS Application Pools Enable 32-Bit Applications to True, but the error continues.

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 30 December 2011 at 10:08am

You can give it ago at placing the forums application pool in 32bit mode, but as Access is a desktop database and we do not support it in a production environment, you should use SQL Server instead.

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