i have just uploaded my site and come across a problem, when trying to access my asp pages i get this error - ADODB.Recordset error. i created a DSNless connection but it doesnt seem to like it. this is the site www.petsnco.com

this is my dnsless connection

<%
' FileName="Connection_odbc_conn_dsn.htm"
' Type="ADO" 
' DesigntimeType="ADO"
' HTTP="false"
' Catalog=""
' Schema=""
Dim MM_Petwise_STRING
MM_Petwise_STRING = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & Server.MapPath("../db/Petwise.mdb")
%>

I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it, but the first five lines in that code are all commented out (anything with a ' in front of it is a comment line.)

ive been told that the first five lines dont need to be there, i dont know why but there it goes, i just copies the connection from somewhere else, but it has worked fine before. The only important bit is what isnt commented out.

Well, the line LOOKS right, but it's hard to tell.

How about you post the entire code for the page as well as the error?

here is the offending page

<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT"%>


<!--#include file="Connections/Petwise.asp" -->
<%
Dim rsViewProds
Dim rsViewProds_numRows

Set rsViewProds = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
rsViewProds.ActiveConnection = MM_Petwise_STRING
rsViewProds.Source = "SELECT * FROM Product ORDER BY ProdID ASC"
rsViewProds.CursorType = 0
rsViewProds.CursorLocation = 2
rsViewProds.LockType = 1
rsViewProds.Open()

rsViewProds_numRows = 0
%>
<%
Dim Repeat1__numRows
Dim Repeat1__index

Repeat1__numRows = 4
Repeat1__index = 0
rsViewProds_numRows = rsViewProds_numRows + Repeat1__numRows
%>
<%
'  *** Recordset Stats, Move To Record, and Go To Record: declare stats variables

Dim rsViewProds_total
Dim rsViewProds_first
Dim rsViewProds_last

' set the record count
rsViewProds_total = rsViewProds.RecordCount

' set the number of rows displayed on this page
If (rsViewProds_numRows < 0) Then
  rsViewProds_numRows = rsViewProds_total
Elseif (rsViewProds_numRows = 0) Then
  rsViewProds_numRows = 1
End If

' set the first and last displayed record
rsViewProds_first = 1
rsViewProds_last  = rsViewProds_first + rsViewProds_numRows - 1

' if we have the correct record count, check the other stats
If (rsViewProds_total <> -1) Then
  If (rsViewProds_first > rsViewProds_total) Then
    rsViewProds_first = rsViewProds_total
  End If
  If (rsViewProds_last > rsViewProds_total) Then
    rsViewProds_last = rsViewProds_total
  End If
  If (rsViewProds_numRows > rsViewProds_total) Then
    rsViewProds_numRows = rsViewProds_total
  End If
End If
%>

<%
' *** Recordset Stats: if we don't know the record count, manually count them

If (rsViewProds_total = -1) Then

  ' count the total records by iterating through the recordset
  rsViewProds_total=0
  While (Not rsViewProds.EOF)
    rsViewProds_total = rsViewProds_total + 1
    rsViewProds.MoveNext
  Wend

  ' reset the cursor to the beginning
  If (rsViewProds.CursorType > 0) Then
    rsViewProds.MoveFirst
  Else
    rsViewProds.Requery
  End If

  ' set the number of rows displayed on this page
  If (rsViewProds_numRows < 0 Or rsViewProds_numRows > rsViewProds_total) Then
    rsViewProds_numRows = rsViewProds_total
  End If

  ' set the first and last displayed record
  rsViewProds_first = 1
  rsViewProds_last = rsViewProds_first + rsViewProds_numRows - 1
  
  If (rsViewProds_first > rsViewProds_total) Then
    rsViewProds_first = rsViewProds_total
  End If
  If (rsViewProds_last > rsViewProds_total) Then
    rsViewProds_last = rsViewProds_total
  End If

End If
%>
<%
Dim MM_paramName 
%>
<%
' *** Move To Record and Go To Record: declare variables

Dim MM_rs
Dim MM_rsCount
Dim MM_size
Dim MM_uniqueCol
Dim MM_offset
Dim MM_atTotal
Dim MM_paramIsDefined

Dim MM_param
Dim MM_index

Set MM_rs    = rsViewProds
MM_rsCount   = rsViewProds_total
MM_size      = rsViewProds_numRows
MM_uniqueCol = ""
MM_paramName = ""
MM_offset = 0
MM_atTotal = false
MM_paramIsDefined = false
If (MM_paramName <> "") Then
  MM_paramIsDefined = (Request.QueryString(MM_paramName) <> "")
End If
%>
<%
' *** Move To Record: handle 'index' or 'offset' parameter

if (Not MM_paramIsDefined And MM_rsCount <> 0) then

  ' use index parameter if defined, otherwise use offset parameter
  MM_param = Request.QueryString("index")
  If (MM_param = "") Then
    MM_param = Request.QueryString("offset")
  End If
  If (MM_param <> "") Then
    MM_offset = Int(MM_param)
  End If

  ' if we have a record count, check if we are past the end of the recordset
  If (MM_rsCount <> -1) Then
    If (MM_offset >= MM_rsCount Or MM_offset = -1) Then  ' past end or move last
      If ((MM_rsCount Mod MM_size) > 0) Then         ' last page not a full repeat region
        MM_offset = MM_rsCount - (MM_rsCount Mod MM_size)
      Else
        MM_offset = MM_rsCount - MM_size
      End If
    End If
  End If

  ' move the cursor to the selected record
  MM_index = 0
  While ((Not MM_rs.EOF) And (MM_index < MM_offset Or MM_offset = -1))
    MM_rs.MoveNext
    MM_index = MM_index + 1
  Wend
  If (MM_rs.EOF) Then 
    MM_offset = MM_index  ' set MM_offset to the last possible record
  End If

End If
%>
<%
' *** Move To Record: if we dont know the record count, check the display range

If (MM_rsCount = -1) Then

  ' walk to the end of the display range for this page
  MM_index = MM_offset
  While (Not MM_rs.EOF And (MM_size < 0 Or MM_index < MM_offset + MM_size))
    MM_rs.MoveNext
    MM_index = MM_index + 1
  Wend

  ' if we walked off the end of the recordset, set MM_rsCount and MM_size
  If (MM_rs.EOF) Then
    MM_rsCount = MM_index
    If (MM_size < 0 Or MM_size > MM_rsCount) Then
      MM_size = MM_rsCount
    End If
  End If

  ' if we walked off the end, set the offset based on page size
  If (MM_rs.EOF And Not MM_paramIsDefined) Then
    If (MM_offset > MM_rsCount - MM_size Or MM_offset = -1) Then
      If ((MM_rsCount Mod MM_size) > 0) Then
        MM_offset = MM_rsCount - (MM_rsCount Mod MM_size)
      Else
        MM_offset = MM_rsCount - MM_size
      End If
    End If
  End If

  ' reset the cursor to the beginning
  If (MM_rs.CursorType > 0) Then
    MM_rs.MoveFirst
  Else
    MM_rs.Requery
  End If

  ' move the cursor to the selected record
  MM_index = 0
  While (Not MM_rs.EOF And MM_index < MM_offset)
    MM_rs.MoveNext
    MM_index = MM_index + 1
  Wend
End If
%>
<%
' *** Move To Record: update recordset stats

' set the first and last displayed record
rsViewProds_first = MM_offset + 1
rsViewProds_last  = MM_offset + MM_size

If (MM_rsCount <> -1) Then
  If (rsViewProds_first > MM_rsCount) Then
    rsViewProds_first = MM_rsCount
  End If
  If (rsViewProds_last > MM_rsCount) Then
    rsViewProds_last = MM_rsCount
  End If
End If

' set the boolean used by hide region to check if we are on the last record
MM_atTotal = (MM_rsCount <> -1 And MM_offset + MM_size >= MM_rsCount)
%>
<%
' *** Go To Record and Move To Record: create strings for maintaining URL and Form parameters

Dim MM_keepNone
Dim MM_keepURL
Dim MM_keepForm
Dim MM_keepBoth

Dim MM_removeList
Dim MM_item
Dim MM_nextItem

' create the list of parameters which should not be maintained
MM_removeList = "&index="
If (MM_paramName <> "") Then
  MM_removeList = MM_removeList & "&" & MM_paramName & "="
End If

MM_keepURL=""
MM_keepForm=""
MM_keepBoth=""
MM_keepNone=""

' add the URL parameters to the MM_keepURL string
For Each MM_item In Request.QueryString
  MM_nextItem = "&" & MM_item & "="
  If (InStr(1,MM_removeList,MM_nextItem,1) = 0) Then
    MM_keepURL = MM_keepURL & MM_nextItem & Server.URLencode(Request.QueryString(MM_item))
  End If
Next

' add the Form variables to the MM_keepForm string
For Each MM_item In Request.Form
  MM_nextItem = "&" & MM_item & "="
  If (InStr(1,MM_removeList,MM_nextItem,1) = 0) Then
    MM_keepForm = MM_keepForm & MM_nextItem & Server.URLencode(Request.Form(MM_item))
  End If
Next

' create the Form + URL string and remove the intial '&' from each of the strings
MM_keepBoth = MM_keepURL & MM_keepForm
If (MM_keepBoth <> "") Then 
  MM_keepBoth = Right(MM_keepBoth, Len(MM_keepBoth) - 1)
End If
If (MM_keepURL <> "")  Then
  MM_keepURL  = Right(MM_keepURL, Len(MM_keepURL) - 1)
End If
If (MM_keepForm <> "") Then
  MM_keepForm = Right(MM_keepForm, Len(MM_keepForm) - 1)
End If

' a utility function used for adding additional parameters to these strings
Function MM_joinChar(firstItem)
  If (firstItem <> "") Then
    MM_joinChar = "&"
  Else
    MM_joinChar = ""
  End If
End Function
%>
<%
' *** Move To Record: set the strings for the first, last, next, and previous links

Dim MM_keepMove
Dim MM_moveParam
Dim MM_moveFirst
Dim MM_moveLast
Dim MM_moveNext
Dim MM_movePrev

Dim MM_urlStr
Dim MM_paramList
Dim MM_paramIndex
Dim MM_nextParam

MM_keepMove = MM_keepBoth
MM_moveParam = "index"

' if the page has a repeated region, remove 'offset' from the maintained parameters
If (MM_size > 1) Then
  MM_moveParam = "offset"
  If (MM_keepMove <> "") Then
    MM_paramList = Split(MM_keepMove, "&")
    MM_keepMove = ""
    For MM_paramIndex = 0 To UBound(MM_paramList)
      MM_nextParam = Left(MM_paramList(MM_paramIndex), InStr(MM_paramList(MM_paramIndex),"=") - 1)
      If (StrComp(MM_nextParam,MM_moveParam,1) <> 0) Then
        MM_keepMove = MM_keepMove & "&" & MM_paramList(MM_paramIndex)
      End If
    Next
    If (MM_keepMove <> "") Then
      MM_keepMove = Right(MM_keepMove, Len(MM_keepMove) - 1)
    End If
  End If
End If

' set the strings for the move to links
If (MM_keepMove <> "") Then 
  MM_keepMove = Server.HTMLEncode(MM_keepMove) & "&"
End If

MM_urlStr = Request.ServerVariables("URL") & "?" & MM_keepMove & MM_moveParam & "="

MM_moveFirst = MM_urlStr & "0"
MM_moveLast  = MM_urlStr & "-1"
MM_moveNext  = MM_urlStr & CStr(MM_offset + MM_size)
If (MM_offset - MM_size < 0) Then
  MM_movePrev = MM_urlStr & "0"
Else
  MM_movePrev = MM_urlStr & CStr(MM_offset - MM_size)
End If
%>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html><!-- InstanceBegin template="/Templates/Main.dwt" codeOutsideHTMLIsLocked="false" -->
<head>
<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="doctitle" -->
<title>Petwise</title>
<!-- InstanceEndEditable --><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<link href="PetStyle.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
<!--
function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}

function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}

function MM_goToURL() { //v3.0
  var i, args=MM_goToURL.arguments; document.MM_returnValue = false;
  for (i=0; i<(args.length-1); i+=2) eval(args[i]+".location='"+args[i+1]+"'");
}
//-->
</script>
<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="head" --><!-- InstanceEndEditable -->
</head>

<body onLoad="MM_preloadImages('images/button-home-down2.png','images/button-news-down2.png','images/button-products-down2.png','images/button-game-down2.png','images/button-findus-down2.png','images/button-contact-down2.png')">
<table width="930" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
  <tr align="left" valign="top">
    <td width="40" height="139" class="BorderTopLeft">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="850" height="139" class="Header">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40" height="139" class="BorderTopRight">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">
    <td width="40" height="30" class="BorderUpright">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="850" height="30"><a href="javascript:;" onClick="MM_goToURL('parent','home.html');return document.MM_returnValue" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image1','','images/button-home-down2.png',1)" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()"><img src="http://www.webmaster-talk.com/images/button-home-up2.png" name="Image1" width="145" height="30" border="0" id="Image1"></a><a href="javascript:;" onClick="MM_goToURL('parent','news.asp');return document.MM_returnValue" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image2','','images/button-news-down2.png',1)" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()"><img src="http://www.webmaster-talk.com/images/button-news-up2.png" name="Image2" width="141" height="30" border="0" id="Image2"></a><a href="javascript:;" onClick="MM_goToURL('parent','products.asp');return document.MM_returnValue" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image3','','images/button-products-down2.png',1)" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()"><img src="http://www.webmaster-talk.com/images/button-products-up2.png" name="Image3" width="141" height="30" border="0" id="Image3"></a><a href="javascript:;" onClick="MM_goToURL('parent','game.html');return document.MM_returnValue" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image4','','images/button-game-down2.png',1)" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()"><img src="http://www.webmaster-talk.com/images/button-game-up2.png" name="Image4" width="141" height="30" border="0" id="Image4"></a><a href="javascript:;" onClick="MM_goToURL('parent','find.html');return document.MM_returnValue" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image5','','images/button-findus-down2.png',1)" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()"><img src="http://www.webmaster-talk.com/images/button-findus-up2.png" name="Image5" width="141" height="30" border="0" id="Image5"></a><a href="javascript:;" onClick="MM_goToURL('parent','contact.asp');return document.MM_returnValue" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image6','','images/button-contact-down2.png',1)" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()"><img src="http://www.webmaster-talk.com/images/button-contact-up2.png" name="Image6" width="141" height="30" border="0" id="Image6"></a></td>
    <td width="40" height="30" class="BorderUpright">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">
    <td width="40" class="BorderSpacer">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="850"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="Content" -->
      <table width="850" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
        <tr>
          <td height="40" colspan="2" class="HeadingProducts"><div align="right"></div></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td width="170" align="center" valign="top"><form action="search_results.asp" method="post" name="fmSearch1" class="SearchBorder" id="fmSearch1">
            <table width="150" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#E0DFE3">
              <tr>
                <td height="20"><div align="center" class="TextTitles"></div></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td height="20" bordercolor="#000000" class="TextBold"><div align="center" class="TextBold">
                  <div align="center"><span class="TextBold">Category</span> Search</div>
                </div></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td height="20" bordercolor="#000000"><div align="center" class="textSearch">
                  <div align="center" class="TextMain"></div>
                </div></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td height="20" bordercolor="#000000">                    <div align="center">
                      <select name="Category" class="textSearch" id="select">
                        <option selected>Select Value</option>
                        <option value="Dog">Dog</option>
                        <option value="Cat">Cat</option>
                        <option value="Fish">Fish</option>
                        <option value="Rabbit/Guinea Pig">Rabbit/ GuineaPig</option>
                        <option value="Chinchilla">Chinchilla</option>
                        <option value="Chipmunk">Chipmunk</option>
                        <option value="Sm Rodent">Sm Rodent</option>
                        <option value="Ferret">Ferret</option>
                        <option value="Reptile">Reptile</option>
                        <option value="Bird">Bird</option>
                      </select>
                </div></td></tr>
              <tr>
                <td bordercolor="#000000"><div align="center" class="textSearch">
                  <div align="center">
                    <p><span class="TextMain">
                      <input name="Submit" type="submit" class="textSearch" value="Search">
                    </span></p>
                    </div>
                </div></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td height="20" bordercolor="#000000">                  <div align="center" class="TextMain">
                </div></td></tr>
              <tr>
                <td height="20" bordercolor="#000000"><div align="center">
</div></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td>
                    <div align="center">                  </div></td></tr>
            </table>
          </form>            <p>&nbsp;</p>
            <br>  
          <p>&nbsp;</p></td>
          <td width="680" align="left" valign="top"><table width="650" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
            <tr>
              <td colspan="3" class="TextMain"><p>In this section you can view a selection of products available instore. Unfortunately we can not offer online ordering at the moment. We can arange free local delivery but if you require something delivered further, just contact us and we will try to accomodate your request. </p>
                <p>To view the products either page through the whole list of products or narrow the list by searching on the Brand and Category. </p></td>
              </tr>
            <tr>
              <td colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
              </tr>
            <tr class="TextAdminBold">
              <td colspan="3"><div align="center">showing products </div></td>
            </tr>
            <tr class="TextAdminBold">
              <td colspan="3"><div align="center"><%=(rsViewProds_first)%> to <%=(rsViewProds_last)%> of <%=(rsViewProds_total)%></div></td>
            </tr>
            <tr class="TextAdminBold">
              <td width="317"><div align="right">
                <% If MM_offset <> 0 Then %>
                <A HREF="<%=MM_movePrev%>">&lt;&lt; Previous</A>
                <% End If ' end MM_offset <> 0 %>
</div></td>
              <td width="23">&nbsp;</td>
              <td width="310"><div align="left">
                <% If Not MM_atTotal Then %>
                <A HREF="<%=MM_moveNext%>">Next &gt;&gt;</A>
                <% End If ' end Not MM_atTotal %>
</div></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
          </table>
            <table width="650" border="4" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#9CC472">
              <% 
While ((Repeat1__numRows <> 0) AND (NOT rsViewProds.EOF)) 
%>
              <tr>
                <td width="364" align="left" valign="middle" class="TextAdminBold">Product : <span class="TextMain"><%=(rsViewProds.Fields.Item("ProdName").Value)%></span></td>
                <td width="152" align="left" valign="middle"><span class="TextAdminBold">Price</span> <span class="TextMain">&pound;<%= FormatNumber((rsViewProds.Fields.Item("Price").Value), 2, -2, -2, -2) %></span></td>
                <td width="108" align="center" valign="middle"><div align="center"><img src="<%=(rsViewProds.Fields.Item("PicSmall").Value)%>"></div></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td colspan="3"><div align="center" class="TextBold"><A HREF="product_details.asp?<%= Server.HTMLEncode(MM_keepURL) & MM_joinChar(MM_keepURL) & "ProdID=" & rsViewProds.Fields.Item("ProdID").Value %>" class="TextBold">More Details</A> </div></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td colspan="3" class="ProductsSpacer2">&nbsp;</td>
              </tr>
              <% 
  Repeat1__index=Repeat1__index+1
  Repeat1__numRows=Repeat1__numRows-1
  rsViewProds.MoveNext()
Wend
%>
            </table>
          <p>&nbsp;</p></td>
        </tr>
      </table>
    <!-- InstanceEndEditable --></td>
    <td width="40" class="BorderSpacer">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">
    <td width="40" height="40" class="BorderBottomLeft">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="850" height="40" align="center" class="BorderBottom"><a href="sitemap.html">Sitemap</a> | <a href="privacy.html">Privacy Policy</a> | Copyright &copy; 2006 </td>
    <td width="40" height="40" class="BorderBottomRight">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
</table>
</body>
<!-- InstanceEnd --></html>
<%
rsViewProds.Close()
Set rsViewProds = Nothing
%>

this is the folder structure

root -
db - database
images - images used in pages
stock - stock images
www - all web pages
Connections - DNS

And the error message? (It's in there that the important info is.)

this is the error

ADODB.Recordset error '800a0bb9'

Arguments are of the wrong type, are out of acceptable range, or are in conflict with one another.

/products.asp, line 10

Try using 3 for both CursorType and CursorLocation and removing your LockType . I have this inside of a stored subprocedure (within my ASP code) and it's never once given me grief.

tried that adam but no luck, i was wondering would it be that the page cant find my dsn?

Did you upload the database? According to the connection string, I should be able to download your database by following this link

http://www.petsnco.com/db/Petwise.mdb

but its not there.

It won't be

The ../db/ means it is in a folder above the website root

Exactly.

If the file wasn't found, you'd get an error message saying as such.

redgeordieboy: what happens when you do this?

Set rsViewProds = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
rsViewProds.ActiveConnection = MM_Petwise_STRING
rsViewProds.CursorLocation =3
rsViewProds.LockType = 3
rsViewProds.Open "SELECT * FROM [Product] ORDER BY [ProdID]"

Failing that, try replacing the query with "Select * from [Product]".

And if that don't work, well sir, you got me.

thanks for all the help guys , its working fine now i played around with the DSN, i think now i need to start learning asp properly without relying on dreamweaver to create the code for me

A very good idea if I ever heard one.