Actually, I DO understand how it works (aside from the couple of typos in my
post), and it works just fine - about 99.9% of the time.
FYI , as you may not realize the difference, this is the functions method
from M/S:
If Path starts with either a forward (/) or backward slash (\), the MapPath
method returns a path as if Path were a full, virtual path. If Path doesn't
start with a slash, the MapPath method returns a path relative to the
directory of the .asp file being processed.
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I am using a 'relative' path which is necessary as I dont know where my
customers may install the application in relation to the root path or the
root of the website or virtual web - the example you gave is a 'fixed' path
from the root, where the one i showed allows the virtual path to be on the
2nd level of a tree, or the 12th level of the tree ! I cannot use the fixed
path, as I dont have control over where that may be - we may be at the root
or at some subdirectory of the root, perhaps several layers deep !!
[quoted text, click to view] "McKirahan" <News@McKirahan.com> wrote in message
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> "Cozmo" <cozmo@cozmos.com> wrote in message
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>> We have an .asp application , located in:
>>
>> e:\myapp
>>
>> In there we have directories like:
>>
>> e:\myapp\db
>> e:\myapp\images
>> e:\myapp\utils
>> e:\myapp\working
>>
>> In global.asa we have a server.mappath("db") & "mydb.mdb" to get the db
>> location
>>
>> This works MOST of the time, but sometimes the browser shows an error
> like:
>>
>> Cant find file e:\myapp\utils\mydb.mdg
>>
>> This is CLEARLY the wrong file path. Restarting iis or the website or
>> reinitiallising the application will correct this and it generally works
> for
>> a long time and then will do it again, quite randomly. (long time meaning
>> sometimes months !)
>>
>> It seems to be a bug of some kind - is anyone aware of this I cannot find
>> mention of it anywhere.
>>
>
> You don't understand how to use Server.MapPath().
>
> server.mappath("db") will not do what you think it does.
>
> server.mappath("/db/mydb.mdb") may be what you need.
>
>
