Litle late maybe, but anyway: try to delete (uncomment) the part 

after ...ua_portal.mdb" in your strConn. Remember to set the correct 

permissions to the database after this (perhaps read&write I dont know ;-)

Regards

Bjoern 





> hi, I am learning asp, I just downloaded an asp application called 

> uaportal, so all the files and the MS access database are in a 

directory 

> called uaportal :

> E:\INETPUB\WWWROOT\majid\uaportal\

> 

> One of those files is Common.asp :

> ...............

> Line 19: Dim strConn, strLogin, strPassword

> Line20:  strConn = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" 

> & "E:\INETPUB\WWWROOT\majid\uaportal\ua_portal.mdb" & ";Persist 

Security 

> Info=False"

> Line21:  strLogin = "Admin"

> Line22:  strPassword = ""

> '-------------------------------

> ' Open the connection

> '-------------------------------

> Line26: cn.open strConn, strLogin, strPassword

> 

> 

> But when I go to the browser :

> http://155.108.117.153/majid/uaportal/

> I got this error :

> Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80004005' 

> Could not lock file. 

> /majid/uaportal/Common.asp, line 26 

> 

> Could you please help

> thanks

>