Ado connection to SQL Server Compact Edition 4.0

Question

I want to connect to SQL Server Compact Edition 4.0 from an old asp-classic site but i always get the error:

\"Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error

Answer 1

Yes, you can connect to SQL CE 4 via ADO.

Set Cnxn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") 
Set cmd = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
strCnxn = "Provider=Microsoft.SQLSERVER.CE.OLEDB.4.0;" & _ 
"Data Source=C:\nw40.sdf;" 
Cnxn.Open strCnxn 
cmd.ActiveConnection = Cnxn 
cmd.CommandText = "SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES" 
While Not pRS.EOF 
   WScript.Echo pRS(0) 
   pRS.MoveNext 
wend

For password protected files, use:

strCnxn = "Provider=Microsoft.SQLSERVER.CE.OLEDB.4.0;" & 
 _ "Data Source=C:\nw40.sdf;ssce:database password=secret" 

Answer 2

Try with the the following provider instead, saw somewhere it's being used with success:

sCon = "Provider=Microsoft.SqlServer.Mobile.OleDb.3.0;Data Source=c:\temp\sqlcompact.sdf;Password=testtest;"

If no luck, can you create System DSN successfully? If so, create one then use it in the ASP code.