[AccessD] MS Access with IIS

Hi Jim:

I've built a couple of ASP.NET apps running off IIS with an Access back end.
 You definitely don't have to have Access installed.  I think when you
install .Net you get the drivers you need.

Doug

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi All:
>
> In the many years, I have worked with MS Access there is on thing I have
> never done with it. I have never used MS Access as the DB for an
> application
> running off an IIS server...any web server for that matter...MS SQL,
> Express, Oracle, MySQL etc but never MDB.
>
> So does MS Access have to be installed on the IIS server and does an
> extension have to be added to the server etc.? Can just a set of drivers be
> configured...? (If the truth be known I would just love to upsize to any
> other DB and be done with it but that is not what the client wants; and the
> client is always right.(?))
>
> If any one has experience with this process, their knowledgeable tips would
> be greatly appreciated.
>
> MTIA
> Jim
>
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