HOw Do i Fix This Error "can not find installable ISAM"???

I get this error when my program is loading "Can not find installable ISAM" i feel it has somethig to do with loading the databases cause they don't load.

Any help will be very welcomed.

Ced|Ric

[Clunietp]

What is your connection string to your database?

[abhijit]

The most likely cause of this message is the connection string error? Are you trying to connect to a password protected MDB? Then your connection string should read as follows.

cN.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OleDb.3.51;Data Source = C:\myDb.MDB;Jet OleDb:Database Password='mypass'"

This string is the method to connect to a access 97 database.
please check your connection string, I bet thats where the error is.
abhijit

[Hutty]

I get the same error message when I link my access database to an ASCII or text file. My alternative is to import the data into the access database. My connection string is:

myconnection.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.oledb.3.51;Data source=p:\db1.mdb"

[HarryW]

I used to have this same problem when I was taking my College VB project between home and the college computer labs. I can't quite remember what the problem was...

Is this problem occuring when you move your project to another computer? If not then I'll shut up :)

[Hutty]

No. The problem occurs when there is an ASCII or Text file connected to VB somehow. The latest was when I linked an Access database table to an ASCII file. VB responded with ISAM not installed. So I have to import the data into Access every time the data is updated, wheras, I would create the ASCII file and stop there.

[abhijit]

maybe on your p:\ drive you do not have network access.
thats what u r problem could be.
abhijit

[apn_raja]

Check the MDAC installation.

I faced the same problem when i was testing the product we had developed. the m/c used was a new m/c without MDAC. We installed MDAC along with the Product for testing. When invoked, the product gave the same error message. I installed MDAC again and tried out. IT WORKED ..!!!

try the same ..let me know whether it worked.

Good Luck