Dim strQuery, strConnection, objRS, objConn 'Establish connection with data source SET objConn = Server.CreateObject("adodb.connection") SET objRS = Server.CreateObject("adodb.recordset") strConnection = "DSN=Testdata" objConn.Open strConnection strQuery = "SELECT prodcode, descrip FROM products" objRS.Open strQuery, objConn Response.Write objRS.Fields("prodcode").Value Response.Write objRS.Fields("descrip").ValueNo problems. It is slightly modified from your original version. The DSN, "Testdata" is a VFP ODBC driver accessing free tables on the LAN.