odbc drivers and XP

[hugh welford]

Hi - using XP pro with IIS to develop offline asp data access site.

Suddenly, my DSNs and odbc drivers have disappeared - the only thing I can
think of is that an XP auto update has done this in some way.

Can anyone tell me how to get hold of and re-instal odbc drivers to allow
me to connect with ACCESS data bases.

Thanks Hugh

[Paxton]

hugh welford wrote:

Hi - using XP pro with IIS to develop offline asp data access site.

Suddenly, my DSNs and odbc drivers have disappeared - the only thing I can
think of is that an XP auto update has done this in some way.

Can anyone tell me how to get hold of and re-instal odbc drivers to allow
me to connect with ACCESS data bases.

Thanks Hugh

The short answer is don't. Use the native OLEDB driver instead.

http://www.adopenstatic.com/faq/whyOLEDB.asp

/P.

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

hugh welford wrote:

Hi - using XP pro with IIS to develop offline asp data access site.

Suddenly, my DSNs and odbc drivers have disappeared - the only thing
I can think of is that an XP auto update has done this in some way.

Can anyone tell me how to get hold of and re-instal odbc drivers to
allow me to connect with ACCESS data bases.

Thanks Hugh

:-)
Seems like the perfect time to break the odbc crutch ...
http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2126

However, if you're bound and determined,
You need to go to microsoft.com and search for the Jet components download.

Bob Barrows
--
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET
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[hugh welford]

thanks bob - time to bite the bullet, as you say
hugh

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hugh welford wrote:

Hi - using XP pro with IIS to develop offline asp data access site.

Suddenly, my DSNs and odbc drivers have disappeared - the only thing
I can think of is that an XP auto update has done this in some way.

Can anyone tell me how to get hold of and re-instal odbc drivers to
allow me to connect with ACCESS data bases.

Thanks Hugh

:-)
Seems like the perfect time to break the odbc crutch ...
http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2126

However, if you're bound and determined,
You need to go to microsoft.com and search for the Jet components
download.

Bob Barrows
--
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET
Please reply to the newsgroup. This email account is my spam trap so I
don't check it very often. If you must reply off-line, then remove the
"NO SPAM"

[hugh welford]

thanks paxton

hugh
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hugh welford wrote:

Hi - using XP pro with IIS to develop offline asp data access site.

Suddenly, my DSNs and odbc drivers have disappeared - the only thing I
can
think of is that an XP auto update has done this in some way.

Can anyone tell me how to get hold of and re-instal odbc drivers to
allow
me to connect with ACCESS data bases.

Thanks Hugh

The short answer is don't. Use the native OLEDB driver instead.

http://www.adopenstatic.com/faq/whyOLEDB.asp

/P.