Hi there, http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/adosql/adoprg04_97g9.asp -and- http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemDataSqlClientSqlConnectionClassConnectionStringTopic.asp Cheers Ken PS Use the OLEDB Provider, not the ODBC driver: strConn = _ "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _ "Data Source=" & Server.Mappath("sitedbs\CustInfo.mdb") & ";" & _ "Persist Security Info=False" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: <burgan at iprimus.com.au> Subject: [thelist] Q about connecting to a DB with VBScript Hi, I've seen the following line of code which directs to an Access DB. What does 'Persist Security Info=False" mean? I've never seen this before? ---- adoCon = "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=" & Server.MapPath("sitedbs\CustInfo.mdb") & ";Persist Security Info=False" ---- Thanks Tim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~