Tay
09-11-2003, 03:30 AM
I apologise in advance if this has already been covered (did a quick search, but haven't found anything), and if I've explained my problem badly.
For reasons known only to IS, I am not permitted to have my db on a central server where different offices can view their version of it. Therefore, I have 3 (soon to be 4) versions of the same db (split into FE and BE) sitting on different servers. I have permission to access the shared drives on these other servers to make changes.
My problem is that from time to time, I need to add things to the db's. So, I open an FE, and get the following message
'.....' isn't a valid path, make sure the path name is spelled correctly etc.
So far, I've just been taking a copy of the BE and re-linking so I can see the most up-to-date data. The problem that that raises is that once I've finished, I am then unable to relink the FE and BE, so I have to get someone from another office to do it, and this is a major pain. Especially as I should be leaving work in the near future and someone else will have to mess about doing this.
I know sod all about server stuff (you can tell from my post:rolleyes: ), so there is probably a fairly simple way to get around this. If anyone does know a way, please enlighten me as I have no idea, and am fed up with having to keep spending ages on the phone to explain how to relink the tables at the other offices.
TIA
For reasons known only to IS, I am not permitted to have my db on a central server where different offices can view their version of it. Therefore, I have 3 (soon to be 4) versions of the same db (split into FE and BE) sitting on different servers. I have permission to access the shared drives on these other servers to make changes.
My problem is that from time to time, I need to add things to the db's. So, I open an FE, and get the following message
'.....' isn't a valid path, make sure the path name is spelled correctly etc.
So far, I've just been taking a copy of the BE and re-linking so I can see the most up-to-date data. The problem that that raises is that once I've finished, I am then unable to relink the FE and BE, so I have to get someone from another office to do it, and this is a major pain. Especially as I should be leaving work in the near future and someone else will have to mess about doing this.
I know sod all about server stuff (you can tell from my post:rolleyes: ), so there is probably a fairly simple way to get around this. If anyone does know a way, please enlighten me as I have no idea, and am fed up with having to keep spending ages on the phone to explain how to relink the tables at the other offices.
TIA