Package Deployment - Split Database 1

[philcon]

Hi there,

I recently upgraded to Office Developer, and was wondering about how it deals with split databases.

If I were to deploy a split db to a site in normal instances I would map a drive to the back end and set up the front end master to link to it.

My concern is that with the packager, if the client has a particular drive letter already mapped, how can I alter the drive that the application is looking for.

Yes in most instances I would have checked this out, but sometimes clients are not consistent with their internal drive mapping policy.

Would appreciate any pointers


regards

Phil.

 

[philcon]

Hi all, just thought I would try and raise the profile of this one again

Phil.

 

[RickSpr]

Usually what you'd do in this case is create the link using a UNC (Universal Naming Convention) path. Schematically, this would be:
//server/folder[/folder].../filename.mdb
This requires no drive letter, and will work if all your target machines have access to the server.

Rick Sprague
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[philcon]

Many thanks for that Rick.

A star to you sir.