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Topic: Forum set up problem

Posted By: ch_e_wy
Subject: Forum set up problem
Date Posted: 16 January 2004 at 9:11am

Hi All

I was wondering if you could help me. Ive got the forum up and running fine on my own machine. I've tried to move the forum to a remote server, their file structure is as follow

websitecom -> database -> wwForum.mdb
websitecom -> www -> asp files

Ive replaced the code in the common.asp with the phyiscal path for the database. Probs is it doesnt seem to see it.

Anyone got any idea how i rememdy this.

Cheers

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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 16 January 2004 at 11:02am

If you are using the physical server path you need to remove the Server.MapPath method.

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Posted By: ch_e_wy
Date Posted: 16 January 2004 at 11:10am

Hi there

Ive changed the following line

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

to

strDbPathAndName = ("E:/FTP_Data/InternetServices/users/********com/database/ww Forum.mdb")

It still doesnt work. You think it might be the host?

Cheers

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 16 January 2004 at 11:37am

That doesn't look like a correct path, more the path on the FTP server, which maybe different to the path to your web site.

You could either ask your web host what the path is to this database or try a work it out by uploading a file to your web site containg the following:-

<%

'Physical path of the root directory

Response.Write Server.MapPath("/")

%>

This will give the physical path to this file on the web server.

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Posted By: rigg
Date Posted: 19 January 2004 at 5:21pm

try to use:

strDbPathAndName = (Server.MapPath("\") & "\databasefolder\wwforum.mdb")

my example is the path to server root\databasefolder\wwforum.mdb

This way uses the path relative to root and not relative to the wwf folder!

Posted By: ch_e_wy
Date Posted: 19 January 2004 at 6:22pm

cheers all

thats me got it working

Just a minor thing, how do i create polls?

i cant see anything in the admin side of things

cheers

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 20 January 2004 at 4:36am

You need to turn on polls when setting up forums.

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