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:

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C:\Program 

Files\Macromedia\Dreamweaver 8\Tutorial_assets\cafe_townsend\

data\tutorial.mdb (Windows)

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/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.

NO

There are potential security issues if you place the database file inside the 

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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.

NOT

Install MDAC 2.5 before installing MDAC 2.7.

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