Re: ASP Database connection problem

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From: Bob Barrows [MVP] (reb01501_at_NOyahoo.SPAMcom)
Date: 04/29/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 09:19:49 -0400

Chris Barber wrote:
> Dear gawd - I'd better go off and put the Dunces cap on - I even read
> all the posts and tried to not do that!
>
> Although - doesn't really matter in ASP VBScript does it - only
> Javascript cares about it since VBScript has no '\' escape character?
>
Hmm, I guess you're right. I could have sworn I received an error when using
backslashes in the past, but I've just tested it with this:

Response.Write server.MapPath("w2kmigration.mdb") & "<BR>"
Response.Write server.MapPath("..\test_Local\w2kmigration.mdb") & "<BR>"
Response.Write server.MapPath("../test_Local/w2kmigration.mdb") & "<BR>"

and got this result:
C:\Visual Studio Projects\test\test_Local\w2kmigration.mdb
C:\Visual Studio Projects\test\test_Local\w2kmigration.mdb
C:\Visual Studio Projects\test\test_Local\w2kmigration.mdb

In fact, this even worked (watch for line break - should be single line):
Response.Write server.MapPath(".\Visual Studio
Projects\test\test_Local\w2kmigration.mdb")

It isn't until I try to use the C: that I get the message I remember
getting:
Error Type:
Server.MapPath(), ASP 0172 (0x80004005)
The Path parameter for the MapPath method must be a virtual path. A physical
path was used.

I was thinking it used the slash-type to determine when a physical path was
being supplied. Learn something new every day ...

Bob 

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