I’m trying to create the simplest database retrieval. However, I keep getting errors.

HTML Code:
<%@ LANGUAGE="VBScript" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data.SqlClient" %>

<%
Dim Connection
Dim RS
Dim SQLStmt
Dim SSN, Firstname, Lastname
Dim connect_string
Dim dbConn

' this code opens the database
connect_string = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=employee.mdb;"
dbConn = server.createObject("ADODB.connection")
dbConn.open (connect_string)

%>

<html>
  <head>
    <title>WebForm5</title>
  </head>
  <body MS_POSITIONING="GridLayout">

    <form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">

    </form>

  </body>
</html>
My Error message. What does it mean? How can I correct this?

Code:
The component 'ADODB.connection' cannot be created. Apartment threaded components can only be created on pages with an <%@ Page aspcompat=true %> page directive. 
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. 

Exception Details: System.Web.HttpException: The component 'ADODB.connection' cannot be created. Apartment threaded components can only be created on pages with an <%@ Page aspcompat=true %> page directive.

Source Error: 
Line 18: ' this code opens the database
Line 19: connect_string = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=employee.mdb;"
Line 20: dbConn = server.createObject("ADODB.connection")
Line 21: dbConn.open (connect_string)
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks