Set con = Server.createObject ("AdoDb.Connection")
Con -.open "provider = microsoft.jet.Oledb.4.0; data source =" & server.mappath ("db1.mdb")
Set adox = server.createObject ("adox.catalog")
Set adox.activeConnection = con
Set tbl = adox.tables ("aa")
Set col = tbl.columns ("gg")
Col.properties ("Jet OLEDB: Allow Zero Length") = true 'allows empty strings
Set col = Nothing
Set TBL = Nothing
Set adox = Nothing