Connect to an Access database with ODBC via ASP.net

Question

Hi there

I'm trying to set an ODBC connection to a MS Access, with an Asp.net app. I keep getting this error message:

ERROR [HY000] [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] The Microsoft Office Access database engine cannot open or write to the file '(unknown)'. It is already opened exclusively by another user, or you need permission to view and write its data. 
ERROR [IM006] [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Driver's SQLSetConnectAttr failed 
ERROR [HY000] [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] The Microsoft Office Access database engine cannot open or write to the file '(unknown)'. It is already opened exclusively by another user, or you need permission to view and write its data

I understand that maybe this has something to do with permissions because it works fine in a local app(console application).

already tryed to give read\write permission to 'IUsr_my-machine' but it still doesn't solve the problem

tks

Answer 1

It's not permissions. It's that the database is actually opened in MS Access somewhere. Opening an access database with the MS Access itself is different than connecting to it from another program. MS Access will lock the db while you work on it. You need to find who has it opened in MS Access and beat them over the head until they close the Access program.

After you do that, report to my office so I can beat you myself for choosing Access as a web database. That's a really dumb thing to do, because Access is an in-process or desktop class engine. Web sites really need a server-class engine like sql server express that can do a better job handling concurrent users.