Re: access to database from home

Is ACCESS software installed on the server where the mdb file is located?

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        Ken Snell
<MS ACCESS MVP>


"Irene Kral" <ikral@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:g3h1tj$unj$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hello everybody!
>
> I would like to have access to my database which i use at work (small 
> stock
> database) from home, i thought i could solve that problem by using a web
> access page.
>
> I tried a few things, but actually i dont know how to start:
> The database as well as the accesspage have to be stored at a server, 
> right?
> So I set the data link properties - database name to:
> http://servername.com/databasename.mdb
> and copied the database to the server and saved the data access page at 
> the
> server.
>
> whenever i open the accesspage via IE, the following error message pops 
> up:
> Data provider could not be initialized.
>
> Maybe i got it wrong from the beginning?
>
> Thanks for ANY help
>
> irene
>
>