link to a .mde file

J

Janis

There is an .mde file on the network I'd like to see the relationships. I
linked to it using a regular .mdb file. I could only see the tables. I
tried linking using an .adp file. I installed the MDSE. I tried linking via
T-SQL and in the test connection I got the error:

"test connection failed because of an error in initializing provider.
cannot start your application."
It may have been looking for a connection string?

I tried linking via a linked SQL Server and and DNS. I get to the .mde file
in the network and I get the error message "the data connection wizard cannot
obtain a list of dbs from the data source".

Any suggestions?

tia,
 

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