FIX: Cannot use a leading .. to exit above the top directory.

January 7th, 2009 by CertGuard


My braindump on the three solutions I found for “Cannot use a leading .. to exit above the top directory.”
Whether you’re a Classic ASP programmer or an ASP.NET developer then I’m sure you know that maintaining your Access Databases below the ROOT (i.e. outside of ‘webroot’) has it’s perks. The number one perk is that it is a secure way to keep your databases from being accessible to the public.

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Simple ADO DB Connection Solution

December 30th, 2008 by Robert Williams


One of the most common routines in ASP is connecting to a database. Yet, many people still seem to over complicate the process, or even reuse code multiple times when trying to accomplish the same thing. I’ve come up with a simple solution that requires very little effort to implement.

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