cannot open the file ’(unknown)’
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Topic: cannot open the file ’(unknown)’
Posted By: KCWebMonkey
Subject: cannot open the file ’(unknown)’
Date Posted: 08 September 2003 at 7:21am
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I have done nothing to the DB or ASP code, but this morning I am getting this error: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80004005' [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] The Microsoft Jet database engine cannot open the file '(unknown)'. It is already opened exclusively by another user, or you need permission to view its data. /dcsp/test/includes/conn.asp, line 4 Does this mean that the sysadmin did something to the permissions on the server? |
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Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 08 September 2003 at 8:04am
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It could be that it is just locked out. Depending on what version of Access just delete the ldb file or run a compact repair ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: KCWebMonkey
Date Posted: 08 September 2003 at 8:20am
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I've set the view options to "show all files" and "show system files" and i don't see the .ldb file. and, i went so far as to delete the whole DB folder and i still get the same error (even when there is no .mdb file) |
Posted By: KCWebMonkey
Date Posted: 08 September 2003 at 12:25pm
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<update> That would eplain the error i guess... |
Posted By: KCWebMonkey
Date Posted: 15 September 2003 at 6:41am
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They just informed me that they did an IIS security update, which caused this mess. Anyone have an idea of what the security update did to cause this? when i used Request.ServerVariables("LOGON_USER") it used to return the logon name, but now it returns nothing... |