Ok, I think I can see how your network is setup. So you have your databases pages on your laptop. You're connected to a wireless network, in your store. On that network also is a Win 98 machine that holds your database. And you want to be able to connect to that database from your laptop.
That sounds about right? Forgive me if I haven't gotten it yet.
To do that you would need to setup a network share to the folder the database is in, from your laptop. (Laptop is running XP pro right?) Once you have done that, you could access the database using the following dsn-less connection string:
Code:
set oConn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
oConn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=\\Ws1\C\GCSData\Inventory.mdb"
Make sure you have the latest OLE DB Jet drivers installed on both systems. Win 98 and XP. You can find the Jet drivers at Microsoft's site: http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/downl...fault.aspx#jet
But despite all this, I think you are going to have a problem editing the database. Since you only can set Read only access on the share.
I will have to do some checking with some colleagues to see if there is another way to do this with win 98. But the win 98 might be your bottle neck.