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Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80004005' Disk or network error

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Article ID:
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Date Created
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Last Updated
Saturday, June 25, 2011
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Short Desc
Database Connection string is not properly configured for the system you are running on. Change the connection string to make it work with the server the application is running on.
Details
When designing your database driven web application, you will usually have 2 different connection string. 1 is the connection to your local testing server (Development Server) and then you will have the connection string that will work on the Production Server (Live Server). If you forget to change the string around when you upload to the LIVE server, you will experiance the following error.

Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80004005'
Disk or network error.
/adocon.asp, line 16
Recreate Issue
To recreate this error.
Having the incorrect database connection string, will cause this issue.
Example

<%
adoconTemp.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=G:\hshome\44543\site.com\db\mydb.mdb"
%>

In this case, the drive letter is on the local server.
Resolve Issue
To resolve this issue.
Make sure that your connection is correct

<%
adoconTemp.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=D:\hshome\44543\site.com\db\mydb.mdb"
%>

In this case, the drive letter had to be changed to the LIVE server drive letter.

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