Thanks doug, you were right. There was a leftover app from the reinstall
that had left some incorrect info in the global.asa file. Apparently I
didn't delete everything prior to reinstalling.
Mark
"doug" <anonymous DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ec2301c4127b$9fee79e0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> IIS is running fine, but your script isn't. The error you
> are seeing is a vbscript error. I would say it has to do
> with the fact that in the source statement, you have an
> ending ) but no beginning (.
>
> Hey, what do I know...I am not a programmer...it's just a
> thought.
>
> doug
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I completely removed and reinstalled IIS on my XP box.
> It is now a vanilla
> >install. When I try to access the sample pages, I get a
> HTTP 500.100 error
> >with these details.
> >
> >Error Type:
> >Microsoft VBScript compilation (0x800A0401)
> >Expected end of statement
> >//global.asa, line 10, column 71
> >application("cn_str")
> = "provider=microsoft.jet.oledb.4.0;data
> >source="c:\inetpub\wwwroot\data\8681.mdb") & ""
> >---------------------------------------------------------
> -------------^
> >
> >
> >Help! How do I get IIS running?
> >
> >Mark
> >
> >
> >.
> ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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