Re: REPOST - Please help.

the error indicates that your dsn isn't configured correctly. i would start
there from scratch by removing and setting up the dsn again to see if that
helps

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"Nick Poulis" <NickPoulis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:511C1881-1392-4DAD-937B-EFD00D5BABBE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi to all
>
> I face the following problem,
>
> the following code (very simple) is contained in
> a referenced class method
>
>
> Dim cn As New OdbcConnection("DSN=BOC;UID=Admin;PWD=;")
> cn.Open()
>
> When aspx page reaches the method containing those lines
> I get the following server error:
> ERROR [IM002] [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager]
> Data source name not found and no default driver specified
>
>
> Of course I have checked most possible reasons like DSN name and
> it's existence in System DSN and User DSN.
>
> Also checked that this DSN works for example with Access 2000 and
> it does retrieve data from the source it points (Liant Relativity). Again
> I
> checked if the IIS 6.0 application working process is running as a user
> that
> has
> has access to this DSN but I always get the same error.
>
> It's strange cause there is no problem with IIS 5 and this came up when
> the web app was transferred to an Win Server 2003 with IIS 6.
>
> What is the difference between IIS 5 and IIS 6 on this matter?
>
> Please any ideas on that error will save my day ;-).
>
>
> Nick
> npoulis@xxxxxx
>
>


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