ErrMsg: File .IDC Could Not Be Found

ID: Q146726

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Server version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

The following Error message appears on your web browser when you try to access an .IDC (Internet Database Connector) file on an Internet Information Server (IIS):

'file:c:\scripts/samples/viewbook.idc?' could not be found.
The attempt to load 'file:c:\scripts/samples/viewbook.idc?' failed.

CAUSE

Web Browsers send requests to IIS to access its databases. These queries are conveyed in .IDC files. The .IDC file passes the request to database through the file, HTTPODBC.DLL. Database results are then sent back to the client in a .HTX file.

The .IDC file passes the request to HTTPODBC.DLL only if the request is received over the HTTP protocol. If you use the following syntax to access the .IDC file, IIS sends the content of the .IDC file back to the Web Browser, instead of the results from the database query.

File:///c:\<directory path>/viewbook.idc

RESOLUTION

Use HTTP to access an .IDC file. For example:

http://<path>/viewbook.idc?

Additional query words: prodie

Keywords : kbnetwork iehowto iisodbc
Version : 1.0
Platform : WINDOWS
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