Depends on what you mean by "public." If you want others on your Intranet
to use the page, the Connection property needs to point to a file share
containing your database available to all users. If you want to publish it
on the Web, it will be usable only by folks who also have Office Web
Components installed on their machines - AND you must publish the page on an
IIS server with Remote Data Services enabled - AND you must set the Use
Remote Provider property to True - AND your database must be in a location
where the web server can get to it via the Connection properties.
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John Viescas, author
"Microsoft Office Access 2003 Inside Out"
"Running Microsoft Access 2000"
"SQL Queries for Mere Mortals"
http://www.viescas.com/
(Microsoft Access MVP since 1993)