Frustration Mounts

[jacknet]

Well...The fun continues. I have now uploaded my 5 different .asp pages with database and guess what...It still don't work. Suprised...Nah, just frustrated. Here's the deal. I have an index.html that calls a page1.html that calls a page2.asp that I built in UD4. I'm using a DSN connection that my server folks were only too happy to load up for me. It's a full blown windows 2k/IIS server. It loves Access and ASP's. I followed their instructions (and yours) to the letter and put the database in a folder at the same level as my html folder. I put my Connection folder w/conn.asp at the html pages level as in UD4. That didn't work, so I put the conn.asp at every level. That didn't work. My page2.asp is a simple table with 6 field names and 6 data display fields. Not rocket science. I bound the six fields in databindings and they show up as dynamic text fields in the Server behaviors pointing to the right field in the database. It all tests out, like all the others, on my pc in LDV and browser preview using the PWS. So I uploaded the files to my server from the local folders using WS_FTP. Call up my page on the internet,index.html, fine, click link to page1.html, fine, click link to page2.asp "Page not found" just like all the other freakin' times. I've asked this and that, done 4 tutorials, emails half way round the world, talked to "experts" from all over...and 7 weeks of work and I've still NOT GOT A F'IN PAGE UP YET. What gives. I'm willing to give you all my password if that will help. url Jacknet4u.com, click database text lower left, click Family text lower right.

 

[schase]

hey bud,

dont despair!

mail info to magnum_vf@yahoo.com

i'll ftp in and take a peek. If you want - have your guys set me up a temp account. Or just change your password.

I can take a look first thing tomorrow morning.

also - just to be safe - tell us the dsn connection name that your IT guys set up for ya ok?

we'll get it, don't worry.

 

[mlawson]

Ditto here Jacknet. I could also have a peek for you. design@1stclass.uk.com.

Let schase have a look first (too many cooks and all that)

post back your finding, it'll be sure to help several other guys that have been or will be in your situation. (me for one!)

good luck.

M

Remember what the good man said:
"don't stand before me, as I will not follow. Don't stand behind me for I may not lead. Don't stand beside me, just leave me the f alone."

 

[schase]

ok bud, check that out.

http://www.jacknet4u.com

 

[jacknet]

He did it. Months of work and it finally works. I've asked Chase to tell us how he did it.

 

[jacknet]

Hey Stuart - I sent a couple of responses to your email and got this back:
The original message was received at Tue, 12 Mar 2002 08:00:54 -0700

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<a8439401b478e447bece1fe579d48509@adsi.dat>

----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while issuing MX query to d25yd511.xxxxxxxxxxx.com 554 DNS server responded with 3 (Domain Not Found)
X's inserted by me for privacy.
Jack

 

[schase]

lol ok, i wanted to check to make sure first.

I don't know what steps you tried before - but you were so close - I think you kept stepping around it. And believe me, I do not think that there is one of us here who have not done the same ..... to bad, I was hoping to get rid of one of my many &quot;Been there, done that&quot; tee-shirts.

You had the correct dsn name. and the correct folder structure.

the connection script in page2.asp called for
<!--#include file=&quot;../Connections/connFamily.asp&quot; --> close - but you called for it outside the html folder - instead of inside.

Take a peek at page2.asp - you'll see
<!--#include file=&quot;Connections/connFamily.asp&quot; -->

that was it.

the way the IIS dudes have it setup. when you browse to jacknet4u.com it actually routes it to jacknet4u.com/html/
so anything (except logs & databases) needs to be inside the html. - naturally you can have all kinds of subfolders - but /html/ is the absolute folder for your webpages.

Inside html we have this.

html/
html/Connections/ (connection script in here)
html/(individual pages)

make sense?

at this point - I've cleaned up the extra connection scripts you have. I would syncronize - FROM THE SERVER TO LOCAL - removing any local files that you do not need.
You'll be good to go at that point

I've deleted your email - and files I've downloaded. I would recommend changing your password at anyrate - just incase someone has gained access to either of our emails.

 

[schase]

yea I know about the email problem - If someone were to ask me if I would recommend hosting.com highly for a webhost?

I'd have to say that my mother told me never to lie.

 

[mlawson]

Ooh you rascal.

http://www.netweaver.com

seem to have a good press (even if they are british!)

 

[jacknet]

Hey Chase - It's still doing it. I went in at lunch today and took the layer with the buttons in it down a little because it overrode the birthdate field when data was present. Saved it, ftp'd it, copied over and vwallah, page not found again. I guess I did something wrong. Any idea?
Works on PC.

 

[schase]

yea, your connection string is still adding the ../connections

take the ../ out

 

[Cheech]

Come on Lawson.. some of us are British as well Live long and make your kids suffer..

 

[mlawson]

Sorry, it's the british in me wanting to apologise all the time.

Sorry.



M