Path to .mdb file outside document root

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I’d like to place my Access file outside the document root, so it cannot be linked to directly or downloaded. eg:

…/database
|…mydatabase.mdb

…/mydomain.com
|…default.asp (and all other normal web files)

Does anyone know what the connection string should be for this arrangement?

Thanks

2

Just make the /database folder, and in the connection string reference it with a ../

3

Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=" & server.mappath(“../db.mdb”) & “;”

or you can just use the fully qualified location of the database (ie: d:\websites\db.mdb)