[AccessD] Changing the ODBC Connection String to use UNC - Strange Results

Charlotte Foust charlotte.foust at gmail.com
Mon Oct 22 18:58:20 CDT 2012


It's not safe to rely on drive mappings.  Different machines may have
different mappings.  I always convert to UNC on LANs.

Charlotte

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>wrote:

> Same here.  Always use UNC for linked Access tables.
> For ODBC, it depends on the BE, sometimes UNC, sometimes IP address - but
> I never rely
> on drive mappings.
>
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>
> On 22 Oct 2012 at 13:56, Heenan, Lambert wrote:
>
> > I *never* use anything *but* UNC paths for linking table - admittedly
> these are direct links via the Access UI, not ODBC links.
> >
> > Lambert
> >
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