The excel format is a single user format which is really not a good for use on the web as you can
see, you need to use a Access database as your data source.
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Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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"Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I get the following error message when trying to refresh a Database Results
> page while FP2000 is publishing changes to my website. Specifically, I'm
> publishing an updated Excel spreadsheet that serves as my database:
>
> Database Results Error
> [Microsoft][ODBC Excel Driver]General error Unable to open registry key
> 'Temporary (volatile) Jet DSN for process 0x1638 Thread 0x15d4 DBC 0x2a1a3944
> Excel'
>
> If I keep clicking refresh, I will keep getting the same error while the
> changes are being published. And if I continue to click refresh even after
> FP is done publishing, I eventually get the error message: "Database Results
> Error Unspecified Error". However, if I just sit back for a few minutes and
> let FP finish publishing without interrupting it by clicking refresh, I can
> eventually click refresh and the page will pull up just fine. Therefore, it
> seems to me that a file at the server is trying to update without being
> interrupted with a "refresh request".
>
> While I can certainly be patient and let FP finish publishing, it's unlikely
> the other 100 users of this site will be so patient since they're all going
> to be after time sensitive data all at once. I'm concerned everyone will be
> clicking refresh all at once and this file will never update properly b/c of
> so many "refresh requests". So, my question is, is there anyway this page
> can display the old data, and without an error message, while updates are
> being published?
>
> Thanks