Classic ASP adding records to MySQL - mysql

Question

I have had to move on of my old classic ASP projects to a new host, and I'm having problems connecting to their MySQL server.
I have attached below the script I used with the old host which now errors
Data source name not found and no default driver specified
After a bit of digging it seems I have to change the driver to {MySQL ODBC 5.3 Unicode Driver} but it still errors. It seems to point to the cursor/lock type but I have used all option with no success.
ODBC driver does not support the requested properties.
<%
Dim Conn
Dim Rs
Dim sql
Set Conn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Set Rs = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
Conn.Open "DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver}; SERVER=xxx; PORT=xxx; DATABASE=xxx; UID=xxx; PASSWORD=xxx; OPTION=3"
sql= "SELECT * FROM table;"
Rs.CursorType = 2
Rs.LockType = 3
Rs.Open sql, Conn
Rs.AddNew
Rs.Fields("database") = Request.Form("form")
Rs.Update
Rs.Close
Set Rs = Nothing
Set Conn = Nothing
%>

Answer 1

You don't need this to insert a record. Instead, use plain SQL which should be supported by all database drivers:
Dim oCommand
Const adInteger = 3
Const adDate = 7
Const adVarChar = 200
sql = "Insert Into table (database) Values (?)"
Set oCommand = Server.Createobject("ADODB.Command")
Set oCommand.ActiveConnection = Conn
oCommand.CommandText = sql
oCommand.Parameters.Append(oCommand.CreateParameter("database", adVarChar, , 512, Request.Form("form")) )
oCommand.Execute
This is indeed bit more to write, but should preserve all the benefits of the other way (e.g. SQL Injections attack protection) and not being dependant on specific drivers.