Adobe 38028779 Getting Started Guide - Page 281

NOTE Before attempting to connect to the sample database, perform the following tasks on the remote computer running your web server: copy the sample database to the computer's hard disk and create a DSN on the computer that points to the database. To set up the sample database on the remote computer: 1. Copy the database to the remote computer's hard disk. If you installed Dreamweaver to its default location, the path on your local hard disk to the database file (tutorial.mdb) is as follows: ■ C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Dreamweaver 8\Tutorial_assets\cafe_townsend\ data\tutorial.mdb (Windows) ■ /Applications/Macromedia Dreamweaver 8/Tutorial_assets/ cafe_townsend/data/tutorial.mdb (Macintosh) You can place the file in any folder on the remote computer, or you can create a new folder for it. There are potential security issues if you place the database file inside the Inetpub folder on the remote computer. It's better to place the file in a folder that's not publicly accessible. 2. Make sure the Microsoft Access Driver, version 4.0 or later, is installed on the remote computer. To find out whether the driver is already installed, see "Viewing the ODBC drivers installed on a Windows system" in Using Dreamweaver. If the driver is not installed, download and install the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.5 and 2.7 packages on the remote computer. You can download MDAC for free from the Microsoft website at http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/mdac/downloads/. These packages contain the latest Microsoft drivers, including the Microsoft Access Driver. Install MDAC 2.5 before installing MDAC 2.7. Connecting to the sample database (ASP) 281 NOTE