Setup local testing server

I have my sites on my server and I access them with a mapped drive. I keep them
on the server because it backs up every night.

I want to setup my local machine to be a testing server with out moving my
files to my local computer. I tried pointing the IIS directory to my network
drive but it won't allow me.

Is there a way to setup my local computer as a testing server without taking
my files off the server?

Hi try this. It should help

http://www.webthang.co.uk/tuts/tuts_server/iis_xppro/iis_xppro.asp

TheCapt

"Mack879w" <kassab.j (AT) deptford (DOT) k12.nj.us> wrote

I have my sites on my server and I access them with a mapped drive. I keep
them
on the server because it backs up every night.

I want to setup my local machine to be a testing server with out moving my
files to my local computer. I tried pointing the IIS directory to my
network
drive but it won't allow me.

Is there a way to setup my local computer as a testing server without
taking
my files off the server?

yeah, I got that much. ANd the asp works. But now my error is:

Error Type:
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers (0x80004005)
[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] '(unknown)' is not a valid path.
Make sure that the path name is spelled correctly and that you are connected to
the server on which the file resides.
/stephanies-studio/TMPbvyop83k8.asp, line 8

THis is what line 8 says:
rsHalloween.ActiveConnection = MM_connStudioDB_STRING

and here is my include line:
<!--#include virtual="/Connections/connStudioDB.asp" -->

The thing that irks me is that when it's on my web server, it works fine. But
locally it doesn't. IIS is working fine on my local machine. (XP) I ran a
test asp page that runs a vb script and it worked. I am an administrator to it
but gave everyone full control to the wwwroot folder just to rule that out.

Any suggestions?

Where is the database?

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"Mack879w" <kassab.j (AT) deptford (DOT) k12.nj.us> wrote

yeah, I got that much. ANd the asp works. But now my error is:

Error Type:
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers (0x80004005)
[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] '(unknown)' is not a valid path.
Make sure that the path name is spelled correctly and that you are
connected to
the server on which the file resides.
/stephanies-studio/TMPbvyop83k8.asp, line 8

THis is what line 8 says:
rsHalloween.ActiveConnection = MM_connStudioDB_STRING

and here is my include line:
!--#include virtual="/Connections/connStudioDB.asp" --

The thing that irks me is that when it's on my web server, it works fine.
But
locally it doesn't. IIS is working fine on my local machine. (XP) I ran
a
test asp page that runs a vb script and it worked. I am an administrator
to it
but gave everyone full control to the wwwroot folder just to rule that
out.

Any suggestions?

the database is on the server. But I can access through my mapped drive.
Dreamweaver sees it okay. I can test the connection with no problems and I can
make recordsets. ANd when I test the recordset, it pulls the right data...


Just some background stuff. I have the 'My Documents' folder and Application
data folder redirected to my server through group policy. So all my stuff,
sites, word docs and application settings are actually on the server. Group
policy also maps all that stuff to z: So everything is accessed with a drive
letter and not a network path.