problems connectiong to mysql db on red hat linux server

I am unable to connect to a mysql database on a linux server. I have a asp called test.asp which when run returns the following error:
Vbscript Runtime error 'ASP 0185 : -2146827850'
Object doesn't support this property or method .

test.asp,line 22

I have copied the code it is pointing to. 18 is the line number.
18 adoCon.Open = "Driver={MySQL}; " & _
19 "Server=localhost; " & _
20 "Database=test; " & _
21 "UID=admin; " & _
22 "pwd=password;"

I have no clue what this error means.
Thanks for info/advice you may have for me.