schema.ini ??

[Frank Smith]

My domain name has been moved to three different hosting sites in the last
few months - not by my choice!

Anyway, I have an application that FTP's a text file to the site to the
"fpdb" folder.
It is used by a DBR page.
In "fpdb" there is also a schema.ini file for that text file to use.
"They" will not tell me why, but the FTP to "fpdb" is always rejected so no
new text file gets sent up.
Their answer is to send the text file to the Root directory, it goes there
but I am having troubles accessing/finding it with the DBR.

Global.asa has been updated for the new location - and Verified (the Green
check mark)
I tried putting schema.ini in the Root but it did not work.
I put schema.ini back in "fpdb" and that did not work either.

The DBR says it cannot find the text file.
Any ideas, Regards,
Frank

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

If the site has the FP extensions, you really should avoid using FTP, as it by passes the extensions
on the server, so the FP doesn't know that the file has changed, etc. Just open the site directly in
FP and copy and paste your scheme.ini and text file into the fpdb folder.

If you really want to use FTP, then create subweb, and then do not open in FP, just use FTP to
upload the content to this folder, but you will need to have your host set permissions on the files
via the OS so that they have the same permission if they where inside of the fpdb folder.



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[Frank Smith]

Sorry, guess I was not clear.
I have an Application that sends a new version of the text file - it is a
membership phone list.
It has worked fine for "years" being sent to the "fpdb" folder - now the
Hosting people want it sent to the Root (why? anyway)
Even though I have updated "Web Options/Databases" for the new location, the
DBR cannot find the text file.
Is the location/folder of schema.ini the problem or something else?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

You need to ask your host why they want you to move it, since it was working in the past.

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[chris leeds]

sounds like you've got a bad host.