# ASP error msg, downloaded tutorial from kirupa.com: ADODB.Connection.1 error 800a0bb9

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**Created:** [April 28, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/asp-error-msg-downloaded-tutorial-from-kirupa-com-adodb-connection-1-error-800a0bb9/108801 "2004-04-28T19:59:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![onetwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3d9bf3/32.png) [@onetwo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/onetwo)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/asp-error-msg-downloaded-tutorial-from-kirupa-com-adodb-connection-1-error-800a0bb9/108801/1 "2004-04-28T19:59:41Z")

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Hi,  
I have downloaded a very simple ASP tutorial at this site  
[size=3][font=Times New Roman][http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/forms\_database.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/forms_database.htm)[/font][/size]

showing how to work with asp and access databases. It though gives me an error message that I cannot figure out how to come around:

ADODB.Connection.1[font=Times New Roman][size=3] [/size][/font][font=Arial][size=2]error ‘800a0bb9’[/size][/font][font=Times New Roman][size=3] [/size][/font]

[font=Arial][size=2]The application is using arguments that are of the wrong type, are out of acceptable range, or are in conflict with one another.[/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]/processForm.asp[/size][/font][font=Arial][size=2], line 12[/size][/font]

It seems as if the database cannot open ?

In case you should have any suggestions I will welcome them since I have now been working with this for 5-6 days now. Please note I am new to ASP so if you could be specific in your answer it would be appreciated a lot.

best regards

The ASP script:

\<%@language = “VBScript” %\>  
\<%  
strFirst = Request.Form(“fname”)  
strLast = Request.Form(“lname”)  
strEmail = Request.Form(“email”)  
strMessage = Request.Form(“message”)  
MyPath=Server.MapPath(“example.mdb”)  
Set conn = Server.CreateObject(“ADODB.Connection”)  
conn.Open “Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (\*.mdb)};” & \_  
“DBQ=” & MyPath  
SQL = “INSERT INTO contacts (FirstName, LastName, Email, Message) VALUES (’”&strFirst&"’,’"&strLast&"’,’"&strEmail&"’,’"&strMessage&"’)"  
conn.Execute(SQL)  
%\>