i am using the book teach yourself asp.net in 21 days and I am working on dsn files<BR><BR> found that if I try to use a system DSN of a file DSN I get the error "Could not find installable ISAM"<BR><BR>but if I use a non dsn solution it works<BR> <BR>This works<BR><BR><BR> dim objConn as new OleDbConnection _<BR> ("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _<BR> "Data Source=c:ASPNETdataanking.mdb")<BR><BR>this does not work<BR><BR> dim objConn as new OleDbConnection _<BR> ("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;DSN=21DaysBanking")<BR><BR>i have spent hours trying to find an answer - please help