My application is by default searching in the system32 folder of winnt

vinod mattipalli

hi friends,

i am developing a web application in c#.net which will insert some data into an MS Access database
but i am having some problem.the application is giving me an error when i specify a relative path for
the database name in the connection string.it is by default searching in the system32 folder of winnt.

can anyone tell me why this is happening.

also please tell me how can i work with a database by placing the connection string in the web.config
file of the application.

thanks,
Vinod.

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vinod mattipalli21y ago
hi thanks for you reply.actually the problem is that i cannot give a full path for the database in the connection string because my application will be tested on other machines as well so hard-coding the path is to be avoided.so i want to use the web.config file to create a key under appSettings and use that key for the "OledbConnection" object. can you please tell me where the default path is stored so that i can do some changes there to make my application work. thanks, Vinod.
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Mahesh Chand21y ago
If you do not have a path in the connection string, it will look for System32 and WinNT default folders.
You need to specify full path of your database in connection string.
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