Recently, Br@dley <do***********@google.com> posted:
Neil Gould wrote: Hi all,
I hope this is the right group... if not, a pointer would be
appreciated.
Our club is setting up a web site (HTML & ASP) with some information
that will be provided by an Access database. The problem that I've
run into is that the application fails because the Access driver is
looking for a "Workgroup identification file". I don't know of a way
to provide such a file because the server (host) is not under our
control, and even if such a thing could be done, it wouldn't be
desirable for other reasons.
What is the best way to go about resolving this?
TIA
Neil
Access uses a workgroup file for security. The default workgroup file
used by Access is system.mdw (or system.mda in old versions).
I would have thought though that this was optionalanyway?
Perhaps it's an issue with your connect string?
As I wrote, the host is not under our control, so even though there is
ample information about how to change the workgroup ID file for local
users, it isn't a viable solution in this case.
It may be resolvable via some parameter in the connect string, but I
haven't seen any references to such a parameter, or even a need to deal
with workgroups for internet applications that use Access databases. I'd
think it would be near the top of the list of things to do if it were
necessary.
Thanks for your response.
Neil
