Browser message "Database Not Open"

[sparling]

What looks at first like a simple issue:

I'm trying to access an fp5 database through IE 5. The message when I hit the link is:

*Unable to process your request because the database "my_database.fp5" is not open.*

Clearly it *is* open (in Filemaker), the web companion is set for custom web page and web security, and the web security database is open and has an entry to include "my_database.fp5". I've included a user name and password for myself.

I've searched Filemaker's documentation and can find few references to what constitutes a database being *open*, other than the file being open in filemaker.

Any ideas?

[Anatoli]

Always, when I saw this message, something was wrong.

I never saw this message from my FM Unlimited.

FM site has always problems like you have and always there was someting wrong, server down etc.

[Vaughan]

In the offendinh databse, choose Sharing from the File menu and make sure that Web Companion is checked. The file can be opened, but not be shared with WC.

[sparling]

Thanks for the response.

The web companion is checked in the offending file. The web security database has an entry for the file, and a user ID for me to use.

I'm beginning to wonder if this is a bug with IE5, Win2000 and filemaker.

LS

[ March 28, 2001: Message edited by: driven ]

[Anatoli]

No one experienced that without some kind of mistake, invisible space in name etc.

We are running the thing on MSIE W2000 98 NT Macs on everything

[sparling]

Finally!

You're right Anatoli. A syntax error in one of the URL queries:

*WRONG* & Last_Name=johnson&-sortField=Creation_Date...

*RIGHT* &Last_Name=johnson&-sortField=Creation_Date...

The space after the first ampersand caused the query to fail, with the *database not open* message. A tab doesn't cause a problem. I'm editing the project in MS-Dev-studio for the sake of the pretty colours, and I've gotten lax with my whitespace from coding in C++.

Anyway, looks like it works, so thanks to all for the help.

LS

[Anatoli]

Great.