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Aug 2nd, 2005, 9:54 PM
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How to connect with VB to an Access database on another computer
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I'm trying to write just a simple VB application that runs on machine X and accesses an Access table on machine Z. I don't really want to map any drives or such thing. Machine X and Z are in the same network so they can see each other. Does anyone know what the connection string would be for the application to access the table? Let's say that I want to retrieve all records whose customers whose first name is = "mark". The basic structure to open a db is... Set dbsCurrent = OpenDatabase("xxxx") ... and then what??? what is the next thing that I have to do to get all the records from machine Z to machine X? What is the exact connection string that I have to use in order to access an Access database over the network? Thank you in advance. |
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Aug 3rd, 2005, 10:45 AM
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i could be wrong but i think you need a service to run on box Z to serve the db up.
Why are you using access? there are far better db's out there (that are commercial quality) that are free (read: free as in beer). Like Postgresql and MySQL I like postgresql myself, but many others will tell you mysql. VB will connect to these two no problem. If you still want to use a access db, you'll need box Z to run IIS (or personal web server), and then have a DSN pointing to your db. Then connect with something like this: Dim cnnConnection as Connection set cnnConnection = new Connection cnnConnection.Open "Provider=MS Remote;" _ & "Remote Server=http://www.myserver.com;" _ & "Data Source=MyDataSource;" _ & "User Id=MyUserName;Password=MyPassword;" Then all you'd have to do is run a query, and output the data or do what ever you need to do with it. Note: You do not need to put a web address into the Remote Server Part of the connection strings, you could use something like http://192.168.0.11 or what ever the internal ip of box Z is. Also i have no idea if you can use apache (a free and better web server IMHO) for this or not, so your on your own for that part :-)
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Aug 3rd, 2005, 1:10 PM
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you could also map a network drive where the DB is located
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Aug 3rd, 2005, 2:05 PM
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yeah i don't think he really wants to do that though. but it would be the easyest way to do it.
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Aug 4th, 2005, 10:08 AM
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It probably would work, but the Access DBM isn't truly multiuse (it queues requests) and has a maximum of 10 "simultaneous" users (instances of the application). Plus it's Access. Urghh!
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Aug 4th, 2005, 10:23 AM
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Yeah, which is why i suggested Postgresql or MySQL.
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