Hi, I just uploaded this program to my webserver and am incountering a few problems, that I could use some help on.

First, when I try to login to the database to do anything I get an error referring me back to the common file. I believe this is telling me that I need to change the path the program takes to see the database but I am not sure how or where to change it in the code in the common page.

Second, I pulled up the forum on my site in IE6.0 then closed program to do something else. When I went back I cannot see if in IE6.0 I get a 404 page, yet I can view it in opera and mozilla.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have been trying to figure this out for hours now and am frustrated!

Thank You,

Lisa

I reuploaded and still cannot get it to work.

How do I know if it is running on IIS? We use Dell for our webserver.

ask someone if the server is running windows nt 4, windows 2000 or windows 2003 server..

it would also be easier to help if you paste your errors here.. at least that with the common file..

This is the error:Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80040e09'

Cannot update. Database or object is read-only.

/forum1/webwiz/forum/admin/category_details.asp, line 82

Here is the common:http://www.magneforcess.com/forum1/webwiz/forum/commo n.asp

Blelisa wrote: Through messing around think I uncovered some additional needed info. I think that it can see the database but when I tried to add a forum I got the error that the database was read only. How do I change that? I use CuteFTP to down and up load files. Can I do it through them?

Well, if it had been a linux websvr, u could have run the command CHMOD and made it write. bcuz the database folders need 2 be read n write or else it wont work.
However, since its windows webhost, CHMOD WONT WORK HERE.
Ask your host, to make that admin/database folder read and write. usually they give u a special folder path only for database so that u can keep it in read n write mode. ask them if they have that.
if they have it, u can move the forum/admin/database/wwforum.mdb there but that only wont do. u need 2 change the path in the asp files 2. the files which have to be changed are explained in detail in the help file.

hope this helps....

most probably, the file u need to edit is common.asp but i m not sure.

read the help file 4 more details on moving db 2 diff folders

Ok. i saw the forum. as i said, u need 2 get the db's folder permission changed. here the case appears 2 be that

as soon as i try 2 login it stucks bcuz it cannot read/write2 the database.

Thank you very much, now I have fixed that which has given me another problem in IE6.0. I have turned off the friendly http error messages and when I try to view my forum (default.asp) I get the following error....

Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80004005'

'd:\http\m\a\magneforcess.com\forum1\webwiz\forum\data\wwFor um.mdb' is not a valid path. Make sure that the path name is spelled correctly and that you are connected to the server on which the file resides.

/forum1/webwiz/forum/common.asp, line 249

I am not sure where they are getting that info d:http\.... from I looked through my common asp file and did not see anything.

Any ideas??

I did move the database. I took it out of ../webwiz/forum/admin/database/wwForum.mdb

put it in magneforcess.com/data/wwForum.mdb

What did I do wrong?

Nops. first check that whether that folder /data has read n write permissions or not ? if it has, then go to the common.asp and see the path to database. change it to

/forum/ or else D:\................ data

that will do.

or else do 1 thing

just paste the lines of common.asp here where u see the path to database is there

'Virtual path to database
strDbPathAndName = Server.MapPath("data/wwForum.mdb")

This is what is in my common file

Also,

Data folder has read and write available  to it. I double checked with my dell whose server we sit on and also my login for my secure page database sits in that folder to.

go to common.asp around line 190.. uncomment the virtual path and type the whole path into the physical path line and uncomment it..

you have to do this in both common.asp file

AnthraX wrote: go to common.asp around line 190.. uncomment the virtual path and type the whole path into the physical path line and uncomment it.. you have to do this in both common.asp file

'Virtual path to database
strDbPathAndName = Server.MapPath("data/wwForum.mdb")

so, it can be changed to

'Virtual path to database
strDbPathAndName = Server.MapPath("D:\.....data/wwForum.mdb")

right ?

remove this '

in other words change this line

'Virtual path to database
strDbPathAndName = Server.MapPath("database/wwForum.mdb")

to

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

and this line

'Physical path to database
'strDbPathAndName = ""

to

strDbPathAndName = ""

and enter the database path between the quotes or whats its called.. ("D:\http\......\data\wwforum.mdb")

india wrote: AnthraX wrote: go to common.asp around line 190.. uncomment the virtual path and type the whole path into the physical path line and uncomment it.. you have to do this in both common.asp file The common.asp file is 'Virtual path to database strDbPathAndName = Server.MapPath("data/wwForum.mdb") so, it can be changed to 'Virtual path to database strDbPathAndName = Server.MapPath("D:\.....data/wwForum.mdb") right ?

when using Server.MapPath("D:\.....data/wwForum.mdb") yo will get

D:\http\......\forum\D:\......data/wwforum.mdb or something like that.. you cant use Server.MapPath when using full physical path..

New Erorr.

 Active Server Pages error 'ASP 0126'

Include file not found

/forum1/webwiz/forum/common.asp, line 155

The include file 'SQL_server_connection.asp' was not found.

Now I am thoroughly confused, Would it be easier if I copied the common files here so you could see what I have written?

no.. dont do that.. now its not the database..

if you could just give me your physical path to the database, mix together something..

Ok if I were to type in to a browser the physical address this is what I would type:

http://www.magneforcess.com/data/wwForum.mdb - http://www.magneforcess.com/data/wwForum.mdb

This is what I have in both of my common pages....

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

strDbPathAndName = "'d:\http\m\a\magneforcess.com\data\wwForum.mdb'"

ok.. download http://home.no.net/simen2k3/forum.zip - this file and replace your own files.. that should work..

You did it!! Thank you, you are my savior!!! 5 hours of this is enough!

One last question for anyone out there, I type in Administrator and letmein on login page and it comes back that it does not match, any way to get around that to administer this forum??