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[ROKKPAPA]

The setup instructions (accessDB) requests a drive letter in line 10 of  "blog.asp" in order to complete the drive path.
This was not a problem when I hosted my sites on my servers at home but now how do I get the drive letter or create a path to a virtual drive to get BPblog working on godaddy (windows hosting server)
thanks
james

[Matt]

The setup instructions (accessDB) requests a drive letter in line 10 of  "blog.asp" in order to complete the drive path.
This was not a problem when I hosted my sites on my servers at home but now how do I get the drive letter or create a path to a virtual drive to get BPblog working on godaddy (windows hosting server)
thanks
james

It's easy. Just create a file called test.asp and put this code in it:

Code:

<h2>
     Additional Info </h2>
   <p><strong>IP Address:</strong>  <%= Request.ServerVariables("REMOTE_ADDR") %><br />
      <strong>Browser:</strong> <%= Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_USER_AGENT") %> </p>
   <TABLE border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" class="tabledisplay">
<TR>
<th>Server Variable</th>
<th>Value</th>
</TR>
<% For Each Item In Request.ServerVariables %>
<TR>
<TD><%= Item %></TD>
<TD><%= Request.ServerVariables(Item) %></TD>
</TR>
<% Next %>
</TABLE>

Put this file in your blog folder and then run it in your browser and it'll tell you the drive letter and path to the file itself and this should be good enough to figure out the path to your db.

Look for APPL_PHYSICAL_PATH.

[ROKKPAPA]

D:\hosting\(your root dir name)\access_db\Blog.mdb

got it.
now I'm getting:
Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80004005'

Operation must use an updateable query.

/blog/blog_config.asp, line 65


All proper dirs have read write perms.

[Matt]

D:\hosting\(your root dir name)\access_db\Blog.mdb

got it.
now I'm getting:
Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80004005'

Operation must use an updateable query.

/blog/blog_config.asp, line 65


All proper dirs have read write perms.

Are you able to add blog entries?

[ROKKPAPA]

I'm stuck at trying to change the config settings.
It won't accept the new info.

[Matt]

I'm stuck at trying to change the config settings.
It won't accept the new info.

This message almost always means that the db folder doesn't have write perms.  Try creating another folder and giving the new folder read/write perms.  I've used godaddy before and they have all sorts of weird issues like this which is why I eventually switched (though they're dirt cheap). Also, make sure that the mdb file itself isn't somehow set to read only (do this using windows explorer file properties).

[ROKKPAPA]

checked both on my side and with godaddy tech support and all folder permissions are as they should be.
I also know this because I have a few other access db's that are currently working with our a problem.

this is the error msg I get.

Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80004005'

Operation must use an updateable query.

/blog/blog_config.asp, line 65

[ROKKPAPA]

So does this mean that the BPBlog just doesn't work with GoDaddy?
Is there a fix?

[Matt]

No necessarily - it worked when I used godaddy a couple of years ago.  I think this is a case by case problem with godaddy like a lot of their problems.

If you send me your godaddy login via pm then I can check it out for you - copy the db to another location, other test, etc. - and see if I can get it working. Sometimes you just have try different things until something works.