I'd check the following in order... 1) Does the user running the web process have access to the file using the path provided? 2) Did you set the DSN as a System DSN? 3) Try using a DSN-less connection, namely: $dsn = "Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=" + $fullpathtodb; $con = odbc_connect($dsn,$user,$pass) or die(odbc_error()); John On 9/19/07, Alexander Fradiani <a_fradiani@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello!. > > I have a problem when trying to connect to an access database: > > $con = odbc_connect($dsn,$user,$pass) or die(odbc_error()); > > the error message i get is just this: > IM002 > > the $dsn var only contains the name of a data source previously created from the windows control panel. > i already tested the $dsn making a connection with visual basic code and it works fine. > Also the user and pass are right. so i dont know what could be the problem. > > I am using PHP 5.2.4-win32. with apache 2.2.4. > > I really appreciate any help on this. > Alexander > _________________________________________________________________ > Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! > http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us -- -- John Mertic "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: you jmertic@xxxxxxxxx understand it better, but the frog dies in the process." -Mark Twain -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php