Data Access Vista/IIS&/Access2000

[hugh welford]

Hi

Have just installed IIS7 on Vista and am trying to access a .mdb file
through ASP. Getting server error.

I think the problem is in the file permission. Under XP Pro/IIS6 is used to
have to set the .mdb file security via windows explorer to give
IUSR_machinename full permissions on this file for anonymous web access.

Cant seem to do this with Vista explorer - says object cannot be found.

Also, getting conflicting statements from IIS Help - it tells me firstly
that

a. By default, IIS 7.0 uses IUSR as the account for anonymous access.
This account is created when you install IIS 7.0.

and then

b. Similarly, a new Windows built-in account named IUSRS replaces the
local IUSR_MachineName anonymous account from IIS 6.0.

Anyway, whatever syntax I use, I cant seem to add anonymous web user
permission to daters.mdb via the security tab in Windown Explorer.

Any help greatly appreciated - getting very frustrated

Thanks

Hugh

[Bob Milutinovic]

"hugh welford" <hu**********@btinternet.comwrote in message
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Hi

Have just installed IIS7 on Vista and am trying to access a .mdb file
through ASP. Getting server error.

I know this is a Microsoft group and I'll get shot down for saying this,
but...

1. Remove Vista
2. Revert to XP Pro (or preferably Server 2003)
3. Wait 18 months to 2 years for sufficient servicepacks to render Vista
usable.

Past experience has shown (think back even to MS-DOS 4) that you should
never trust a new operating system for any critical use. Might be great for
games, but wait 'til it's had at least the major failings ironed out before
using it for work.

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telephone [phone]
facsimile [phone]

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

hugh welford wrote:

Hi

Have just installed IIS7 on Vista and am trying to access a .mdb file
through ASP. Getting server error.

Huh? What is the error message?

I think the problem is in the file permission.

Why? Does the error message give you a clue?
If it IS a file permission error, you need to figure out how to assign
Modify permissions for the folder containing the file to ALL users of the
database file. Try posting to a Vista group for help with that, or maybe
someone in the iis group will be able to help.

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[hugh welford]

thanks Bob - already thinking along these lines

hugh
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"hugh welford" <hu**********@btinternet.comwrote in message
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>Hi

Have just installed IIS7 on Vista and am trying to access a .mdb file
through ASP. Getting server error.

I know this is a Microsoft group and I'll get shot down for saying this,
but...

1. Remove Vista
2. Revert to XP Pro (or preferably Server 2003)
3. Wait 18 months to 2 years for sufficient servicepacks to render Vista
usable.

Past experience has shown (think back even to MS-DOS 4) that you should
never trust a new operating system for any critical use. Might be great
for games, but wait 'til it's had at least the major failings ironed out
before using it for work.

--
Bob Milutinovic
Cognicom - "Australia's Web Presence Specialists"
http://www.cognicom.net.au/
telephone [phone]
facsimile [phone]

[hugh welford]

Hi Bob

Thanks for reply.

The error merssage is the non-specific "An error occurred on the server when
processing the URL" - not much help is it?

I am assuming that the error is a permissions problem, as I have not been
able to set the full permissions for the file - hence the post. I will
re-post in vista and iis groups as suggested - thanks.

Hugh

"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyahoo.SPAMcomwrote in message
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hugh welford wrote:

>Hi

Have just installed IIS7 on Vista and am trying to access a .mdb file
through ASP. Getting server error.

Huh? What is the error message?

>I think the problem is in the file permission.

Why? Does the error message give you a clue?
If it IS a file permission error, you need to figure out how to assign
Modify permissions for the folder containing the file to ALL users of the
database file. Try posting to a Vista group for help with that, or maybe
someone in the iis group will be able to help.

--
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[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

Well your first step should be to shut off "friendly errors".
This can be done in IIS Manager and may also need to be done in the
browser you are using.

hugh welford wrote:

Hi Bob

Thanks for reply.

The error merssage is the non-specific "An error occurred on the
server when processing the URL" - not much help is it?

I am assuming that the error is a permissions problem, as I have not
been able to set the full permissions for the file - hence the post.
I will re-post in vista and iis groups as suggested - thanks.

Hugh

"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyahoo.SPAMcomwrote in message
news:Ot**************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>hugh welford wrote:

>>Hi

Have just installed IIS7 on Vista and am trying to access a .mdb
file through ASP. Getting server error.

Huh? What is the error message?

>>I think the problem is in the file permission.

Why? Does the error message give you a clue?
If it IS a file permission error, you need to figure out how to
assign Modify permissions for the folder containing the file to ALL
users of the database file. Try posting to a Vista group for help
with that, or maybe someone in the iis group will be able to help.

--
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[hugh welford]

Thanks Bob.

Made a few changes, and now getting unspecified error on trying to open a
connection with the string

cst = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & "Data
Source=c:/access/brits/daters.mdb"

Presume new Provider with Vista.

Any idea what the correct string should be under Vista???

Thanks

Hugh
"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyahoo.SPAMcomwrote in message
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Well your first step should be to shut off "friendly errors".
This can be done in IIS Manager and may also need to be done in the
browser you are using.

hugh welford wrote:

>Hi Bob

Thanks for reply.

The error merssage is the non-specific "An error occurred on the
server when processing the URL" - not much help is it?

I am assuming that the error is a permissions problem, as I have not
been able to set the full permissions for the file - hence the post.
I will re-post in vista and iis groups as suggested - thanks.

Hugh

"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyahoo.SPAMcomwrote in message
news:Ot**************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>hugh welford wrote:
Hi

Have just installed IIS7 on Vista and am trying to access a .mdb
file through ASP. Getting server error.
Huh? What is the error message?

I think the problem is in the file permission.

Why? Does the error message give you a clue?
If it IS a file permission error, you need to figure out how to
assign Modify permissions for the folder containing the file to ALL
users of the database file. Try posting to a Vista group for help
with that, or maybe someone in the iis group will be able to help.

--
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"

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[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

No, there is no new provider for Vista per se.
However, there IS a new provider for Access 2007 if that is what you are
using. See www.connectionstrings.com

hugh welford wrote:

Thanks Bob.

Made a few changes, and now getting unspecified error on trying to
open a connection with the string

cst = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & "Data
Source=c:/access/brits/daters.mdb"

Presume new Provider with Vista.

Any idea what the correct string should be under Vista???

Thanks

Hugh
"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyahoo.SPAMcomwrote in message
news:eA**************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>Well your first step should be to shut off "friendly errors".
This can be done in IIS Manager and may also need to be done in the
browser you are using.

hugh welford wrote:

>>Hi Bob

Thanks for reply.

The error merssage is the non-specific "An error occurred on the
server when processing the URL" - not much help is it?

I am assuming that the error is a permissions problem, as I have not
been able to set the full permissions for the file - hence the post.
I will re-post in vista and iis groups as suggested - thanks.

Hugh

"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyahoo.SPAMcomwrote in message
news:Ot**************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
hugh welford wrote:
Hi
>
Have just installed IIS7 on Vista and am trying to access a .mdb
file through ASP. Getting server error.
>

Huh? What is the error message?

I think the problem is in the file permission.

Why? Does the error message give you a clue?
If it IS a file permission error, you need to figure out how to
assign Modify permissions for the folder containing the file to ALL
users of the database file. Try posting to a Vista group for help
with that, or maybe someone in the iis group will be able to help.

--
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"

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[hugh welford]

Thanks again, Bob.

It was permissions after all - it appears the following must have full
control permissions for IUSR and IIS_IUSRS accounts

a. The .mdb file to be accessed
b. C:\Windows\Temp
c. C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\ Local\Temp

Hope this is useful

Regards

Hugh
"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyahoo.SPAMcomwrote in message
news:ey**************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

No, there is no new provider for Vista per se.
However, there IS a new provider for Access 2007 if that is what you are
using. See www.connectionstrings.com

hugh welford wrote:

>Thanks Bob.

Made a few changes, and now getting unspecified error on trying to
open a connection with the string

cst = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & "Data
Source=c:/access/brits/daters.mdb"

Presume new Provider with Vista.

Any idea what the correct string should be under Vista???

Thanks

Hugh
"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyahoo.SPAMcomwrote in message
news:eA**************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>Well your first step should be to shut off "friendly errors".
This can be done in IIS Manager and may also need to be done in the
browser you are using.

hugh welford wrote:
Hi Bob

Thanks for reply.

The error merssage is the non-specific "An error occurred on the
server when processing the URL" - not much help is it?

I am assuming that the error is a permissions problem, as I have not
been able to set the full permissions for the file - hence the post.
I will re-post in vista and iis groups as suggested - thanks.

Hugh

"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyahoo.SPAMcomwrote in message
news:Ot**************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
hugh welford wrote:
>Hi
>>
>Have just installed IIS7 on Vista and am trying to access a .mdb
>file through ASP. Getting server error.
>>
>
Huh? What is the error message?
>
>I think the problem is in the file permission.
>
Why? Does the error message give you a clue?
If it IS a file permission error, you need to figure out how to
assign Modify permissions for the folder containing the file to ALL
users of the database file. Try posting to a Vista group for help
with that, or maybe someone in the iis group will be able to help.
>
--
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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
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[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

"Full" permissions is overkill. All that is required is "Modify". The
users do not need the ability to assign permissions. Always work from
the standpoint of assigning the least level of permission required to
perform the task. In this case, users need to be able to create, modify
and delete a locking file to enable multi-user access to the mdb file.
The only permission required for that is "Modify", known as "Read/Write"
in some OSs.

hugh welford wrote:

Thanks again, Bob.

It was permissions after all - it appears the following must have full
control permissions for IUSR and IIS_IUSRS accounts

a. The .mdb file to be accessed
b. C:\Windows\Temp
c. C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\ Local\Temp

Hope this is useful

Regards

Hugh
"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyahoo.SPAMcomwrote in message
news:ey**************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>No, there is no new provider for Vista per se.
However, there IS a new provider for Access 2007 if that is what you
are using. See www.connectionstrings.com

hugh welford wrote:

>>Thanks Bob.

Made a few changes, and now getting unspecified error on trying to
open a connection with the string

cst = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & "Data
Source=c:/access/brits/daters.mdb"

Presume new Provider with Vista.

Any idea what the correct string should be under Vista???

Thanks

Hugh
"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyahoo.SPAMcomwrote in message
news:eA**************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
Well your first step should be to shut off "friendly errors".
This can be done in IIS Manager and may also need to be done in the
browser you are using.

hugh welford wrote:
Hi Bob
>
Thanks for reply.
>
The error merssage is the non-specific "An error occurred on the
server when processing the URL" - not much help is it?
>
I am assuming that the error is a permissions problem, as I have
not been able to set the full permissions for the file - hence
the post. I will re-post in vista and iis groups as suggested -
thanks.
>
Hugh
>
"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyahoo.SPAMcomwrote in message
news:Ot**************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl.. .
>hugh welford wrote:
>>Hi
>>>
>>Have just installed IIS7 on Vista and am trying to access a .mdb
>>file through ASP. Getting server error.
>>>
>>
>Huh? What is the error message?
>>
>>I think the problem is in the file permission.
>>
>Why? Does the error message give you a clue?
>If it IS a file permission error, you need to figure out how to
>assign Modify permissions for the folder containing the file to
>ALL users of the database file. Try posting to a Vista group for
>help with that, or maybe someone in the iis group will be able
>to help.
>>
>--
>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"

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The error merssage is the non-specific "An error occurred on the
server when processing the URL" - not much help is it?

Do you have friendly errors messages turned on? IIRC, that's what the
"friendly" error message is.

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