Question

I am in need of using Classic ASP with Access. This is a requirement unfortunately. I currently have a script which connects to the Access DB just fine. Here is the snippet:

Set adoCon = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")

adoCon.Open "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=" & Server.MapPath("db1.mdb")

Set rsGuestbook = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")

strSQL = "SELECT * from table1;"

rsGuestbook.Open strSQL, adoCon

Again, this snippet works just fine, records sent to browser.

When I apply this connection to a different script, I get an error returned which states:
Microsoft VBScript compilation error ‘800a0415’
Expected literal constant
Const ConnectionString = “DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)} DBQ=” & Server.MapPath(“db1.mdb”)

Here is the connection snippet:

Const ConnectionString = "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=" & Server.MapPath("db1.mdb")  

Appreciate any guidance anyone can throw my way, I know this is some old school, anyone else remeber when this stuff was bleeding edge? LOL I do…

Answer 1

Don’t use a constant for your connection string. Since Server.MapPath is indeterminate (paths could change from one run to the next), Const is complaining. Or, it might complain with any concatenation when assigning a constant, I can’t remember for sure…

Instead, change:

Const ConnectionString = "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=" & Server.MapPath("db1.mdb")   

to:

Dim ConnectionString 
ConnectionString = "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=" & Server.MapPath("db1.mdb")