I'm new to databases and i'm trying to follow a tutorial on vb6 and Access XP. I wrote a small application using vb6 that should open a database and execute a query but when i run the application it is producing an error saying: Unrecognized database format. This happens when i try to open any database that is in 2000 and/or 2002 format.

Can somebody please explain what is causing the problem and how i get around it??