error on my .asp code HELP PLEASE!

Coby Herd

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Dec 27, 2006, 2:14:22 PM12/27/06

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I keep getting the error message -

Error Type:
Microsoft JET Database Engine (0x80004005)
Unrecognized database format 'c:\inetpub\wwwroot\blog\db\blog.mdb'.
/blog/admin/Default.asp, line 14

and I have no idea what to do about it. Can anybody help me or send me in
the right direction?

I on a Win2K machine trying to access a database on localhost

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Evertjan.

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Dec 27, 2006, 2:25:12 PM12/27/06

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Coby Herd wrote on 27 dec 2006 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

> I keep getting the error message -
>
> Error Type:
> Microsoft JET Database Engine (0x80004005)
> Unrecognized database format 'c:\inetpub\wwwroot\blog\db\blog.mdb'.
> /blog/admin/Default.asp, line 14
>
>
> and I have no idea what to do about it. Can anybody help me or send
> me in the right direction?
>
> I on a Win2K machine trying to access a database on localhost

Show your code that opens the database ans show which line is nr 14.

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Bob Barrows [MVP]

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Dec 27, 2006, 4:04:48 PM12/27/06

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Coby Herd wrote:
> I keep getting the error message -
>
> Error Type:
> Microsoft JET Database Engine (0x80004005)
> Unrecognized database format 'c:\inetpub\wwwroot\blog\db\blog.mdb'.
> /blog/admin/Default.asp, line 14
>
>
> and I have no idea what to do about it. Can anybody help me or send
> me in the right direction?
>
> I on a Win2K machine trying to access a database on localhost

Can you open the mdb file in Access?

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Mike Brind

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Dec 28, 2006, 2:36:40 AM12/28/06

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"Coby Herd" <ch...@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
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>I keep getting the error message -
>
> Error Type:
> Microsoft JET Database Engine (0x80004005)
> Unrecognized database format 'c:\inetpub\wwwroot\blog\db\blog.mdb'.
> /blog/admin/Default.asp, line 14
>

It's highly likely that you have a corrupted database file. If you can open
the db in Access, use the Compact and Repair option under Tools. If you
can't, see if anyone in the microsoft.public.access group can help.

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Mike Brind

Shamsa Kanwal

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Nov 21, 2009, 9:12:35 AM11/21/09

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I used Microsoft access 2003 in ASP Connection Code. Now i m using Microsoft Access 2007 but my code is not supporting the 2007 Access version (.accdb) its gives error like:

Error Type:
Microsoft JET Database Engine (0x80004005)

Unrecognized database format 'c:\inetpub\wwwroot\hps\hpsschool.accdb'.
/hps/login.asp, line 3

Please tell me how can i solve this problem.

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Evertjan.

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Nov 21, 2009, 10:33:26 AM11/21/09

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Shamsa Kanwal wrote on 21 nov 2009 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

> I used Microsoft access 2003 in ASP Connection Code. Now i m using
> Microsoft Access 2007 but my code is not supporting the 2007 Access
> version (.accdb) its gives error like: Error Type:
> Microsoft JET Database Engine (0x80004005)
> Unrecognized database format 'c:\inetpub\wwwroot\hps\hpsschool.accdb'.

Seems your Jet engine is not up to it.

Trust M$, that possibly there is no newer engine, Bob will know.

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms810810.aspx>

Bob Barrows

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Nov 21, 2009, 10:32:14 AM11/21/09

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Shamsa Kanwal wrote:
> I used Microsoft access 2003 in ASP Connection Code. Now i m using
> Microsoft Access 2007 but my code is not supporting the 2007 Access
> version (.accdb) its gives error like: Error Type:
> Microsoft JET Database Engine (0x80004005)
> Unrecognized database format 'c:\inetpub\wwwroot\hps\hpsschool.accdb'.
> /hps/login.asp, line 3
>
> Please tell me how can i solve this problem.
>

You didn't show us the code that produced this error, but if I had to guess,
I would say you are using the wrong provider in your connection string. Go
to www.connectionstrings.com to see the correct connection string for
connecting to an Access 2007 file.

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Bob Barrows

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Nov 21, 2009, 10:50:01 AM11/21/09

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Evertjan. wrote:
> Shamsa Kanwal wrote on 21 nov 2009 in
> microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:
>
>> I used Microsoft access 2003 in ASP Connection Code. Now i m using
>> Microsoft Access 2007 but my code is not supporting the 2007 Access
>> version (.accdb) its gives error like: Error Type:
>> Microsoft JET Database Engine (0x80004005)
>> Unrecognized database format
>> 'c:\inetpub\wwwroot\hps\hpsschool.accdb'.
>
> Seems your Jet engine is not up to it.
>
> Trust M$, that possibly there is no newer engine, Bob will know.
>
> <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms810810.aspx>

It's a new version of Jet that's completely divorced from the old one ...