As the thread title suggests, my problem is that I have a database that will not open via the mapped drive. There are other databases stored on this drive that open fine so it is only the one database that is causing me a headache.
Any suggestions as to why only this one database would be having this problem and any ideas on how to resolve it would be greatly appricated.
Thanks
My workaround was to temporarily map the URL to a vacant drive letter on the local machine, then copy the file over, then drop the mapped drive again. A bit clunky but doesn't incorporate much of a delay and this download only has to happen once per day.
The good news is, the file download / copy now works every time. The bad news is that removing the temporarily mapped drive after the copy has taken place, doesn't and I can't figure out why.
Here are the functions I use to map / unmap the drive :
Code:
Option Compare Database
Option Explicit
Private Const RESOURCETYPE_ANY = &H0&
Private Const CONNECT_UPDATE_PROFILE = &H1&
Private Const RESOURCE_CONNECTED As Long = &H1&
[Code] .....
I have separate functions to check existing drive mappings on the local machine and thus determine an appropriate vacant letter to use for the temporary mapping - they work fine.
Unfortunately the UnMapDrive function returns False (even though I switch the active drive to C: and force the connection to be cancelled with the fForce flag) So the mapping always remains on the users profile.
I don't want to permanently map drives on the users' profiles, just briefly for the purposes of this daily file download.
I have my database connected to a network of ten computers. I recently switched my linked tables from a Mapped Network Drive to using the actual UNC path \computerfolderdatabase.mdb
My users have started to notice it takes longer for the database to connect in order to log in. Once they have established the connection, the data transfer speed seems to be normal.
Is this to be expected? Any suggestions to speed things up for login? Or is this the downside to using UNC?
~Scott
Hi:
I have a front-end and back-end database.
Front end is at //fserv/database
back end is at //fserv/database/administration
I have sent front end path to users and they can bookmark it to find front-end. When I linked to the backend in the administration folder I had the path mapped to drive T:
Problem is the users do not have this same mapping to drive T: They may have other paths already mapped to that drive.
The users are getting the message:"t: est.mdb is not a valid path. Make sure the path name is spelled correctly and that you are connected to the server on which the file resides."
Is there anyway to link the the backend tables using just a path like:
//fserv/database/administration
Thanks in Advance!
Steve
So I do map drive on this way and it is successful ...
Code:
Dim FSO As Object
Dim objFile As Object
Dim objFileS As Object
Dim WshNet As Object
persistent = false
set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "driveletter:", "serversharename", persistent, "username", "password"
But I need to have mapped drive hidden from the client users So I red that i might be possible if put $ after the share folder
Code:
objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "driveletter:", "serversharename$", persistent, "username", "password
"
but it does not work.. the other way is to set values in win registry, but I don't like that way...
I am attempting to link a table in one database to another database using the server name designation (ie.//2sxfprinff01Group) instead of the mapped network name (ie. G:). I tried relinking using the Access Link Manager. Right click on the linked table. But it does not let you edit the link.
Access 2007 does not allow this and reverts links to the G: drive. There are situations where the the IT department have set the mappings to this shared location as an H: for some of the employees. In those cases, the employee gets an error message telling them that Access cannot locate the G: drive.
An obvious solution is to get the employees remapped to the G: drive. However, one would think that MS would have allowed for mapping to the designated location and not an alias.
I've inherited a few Access DB monstrosities. One of which had ODBC credentials hard coded in the MDE which I had to recently update due to some server updates. I found an unsplit version of the Access DB on a development drive (j:db...) and updated the credentials hard coded in VB and updated the linked tables from the J drive path (dev) to the K drive path (prod). I then split the DB and the MDE worked fine for me. I quickly found out that it only works fine because I had J mapped still. End users do not have the J drive mapped (development) only the K (production). Without the J drive mapped to the actual dev path the Access DB simply doesn't load. No errors.
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I have a big (reasonably big) Access 2003 db which I have split. On the E: drive this functions perfectly. Years ago I moved it to an other drive and found that to reach the back end again I had to change the drive letter in the link to the tables. Unfortunately I can't remember how I did it - all I remember is that somehow I brought up the link path and could then simply change the drive letter. I now find it necessary to put the db on an external drive for use with different computers. It will probably be easiest to put "." instead of a drive letter in the link, but after trying all menu options for db, tables and macros I still haven't found out how to access the link path.
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The location is outside of the project address.
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Hi,
I've run across a couple issues with our database. The most immediate issue is that I have been unable to open the database on any networked (or non-networked) computer. Me and a assistant typically enter data into this database from two seperate computers. She works on a wireless networked computer with the file on my computers hard drive. I work directly with the file. My computer is wired to the router. (in case that information helps)
We keep getting errors about "cannot access remote computer" and such, they seem to occur when she's entering data and I have the database open, then close Access. It will often give her the error and not allow her to save the record.
But just today she entered something, I closed my database window, then reopened it and I could not get in. All network computers rebooted, and still cannot get into the file. I can enter the password and then it goes to just a blank area (like when your first open access with no database). Older backup versions of the database still work, so it doesn't seem like an Access error. I also noticed that the little "LockFile"s are not being created (I ever faked one just to try it out and it deleted it after i entered the database password)
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I'm very lost. Thanks for any help.
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Hello. I haven't seen this before with Access; I've searched the forum and haven't found anything yet...
I have an Access database that was being used by about 9 different people. Everything was going along okay, but one day it became read-only for no reason. Once everyone got out of the DB it said it needed repairing. So with only one person in I ran the repair, but the horror-inducing message "The Microsoft Jet database engine stopped the process because you and another user are attempting to change the same data at the same time." appears and when I click "OK" on the message nothing happens whatsoever.
Luckily backups existed, but some data was lost. Is there anyway to run a repair on the database that won't open? Or is it a lost cause?
Thank you! :D
We've got a client that runs two access 97 based databases on their network. up until recently both databases worked
fine on all workstations (all XP Pro).
About 3 weeks ago they called me to report that one of the databases would not load on 3 workstations. It opened
fine on all the others. I checked out the permissions on the database (which is stored centrally on the server) and
everyone had full control.
Within the last week they have added two new xp pro workstations to the domain - neither of which can access the
database in question. they can access the other database no problem - as can all the other workstations.
The occurs as follows:
1. Double click on the icon for the database
2. access 97 loads but does not load the database's interface - instead it opens an empty version of access (with
file menu etc at the top)
3. no specific error messages at all.
4. close access and the standard xp program crash message appears (see screenshots below)
As mentioned above, other workstations can open the database fine.
the only thing that has changed on the network is the installation of some server and workstation based production
software - we have not yet consulted with the company that installed this - we felt that if it was this software
causing the problem then all workstations would be suffering. we wil have to consult with them once we've exhausted
all the possibilities.
Thanks in advance for any advice
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Hello all,
Please help with this:
On opening my database, I have a switchboard that opens up.
How do also run a report automatically just after the switchboard screen opens. To make the switchboard open when I click on my database, I went to tools..> startup. But I don't know how to run a report automatically after that.
Thanks for your help!