Re: Re: Cannot access file on Network Drive (Windows 2003)

On 5/23/07, Jared Farrish <farrishj@gmail.com> wrote:

Oh yeah, and tijnema has a good point: \\compname-x\\offsite\\db\\test.dbf

For the escaping issue, you should use \\\\compname-x\\offsite\\db\\test.dbf

Btw, what does top post mean?

Means you are replying at top of the old post, and not, like i do, write a comment undersomething you are referring to.

On 5/23/07, Jared Farrish <farrishj@gmail.com> wrote: Other than permissions, you might be referencing the folder by the local network mapping drive initial, instead of the actual path: X:\\offsite\db\test.dbf == \\compname-x\offsite\db\test.dbf Generally, I like using the computer name and not a mapping. I find this name-based address through the 'My Network Places' folder. I'm not much of a windows networking person, but this might be the problem. Results may vary, but in windows, I think the mappings are by machine only, as mappings (I assume) are local aliases, and must be set or "shared" among groups of machines to be known. It's probably a permissions thing, though. FWIW -- Jared Farrish Intermediate Web Developer Denton, Tx Abraham Maslow: "If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail." $$ -- Jared Farrish Intermediate Web Developer Denton, Tx Abraham Maslow: "If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail." $$