The Attributes property has read/write permissions when used to create a Recordset, but it has read-only permissions when you open an existing Recordset. Its value can be the sum of one or more FieldAttributeEnum values

object.Attributes

For a Connection object:

<%
set conn=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
conn.Provider="Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0"
conn.Open "c:/webdata/northwind.mdb"

response.write(conn.Attributes)

conn.close
%>

For a Field object:

<%
set conn=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
conn.Provider="Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0"
conn.Open "c:/webdata/northwind.mdb"

set rs = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
rs.open "Select * from orders", conn

set f=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Field")

'Display the field attributes of the Orders Table
for each f in rs.Fields
  response.write("Attr:" & f.Attributes & "<br />")
  response.write("Name:" & f.Name & "<br />")
  response.write("Value:" & f.Value & "<br />")
Next

rs.Close
conn.close
set rs=nothing
set conn=nothing
%>

For a Property object:

<%
set conn=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
conn.Provider="Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0"
conn.Open "c:/webdata/northwind.mdb"

set rs = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
rs.open "Select * from orders", conn

set prop=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Property")

'Display the property attributes of the Orders Table
for each prop in rs.Properties
  response.write("Attr:" & prop.Attributes & "<br />")
  response.write("Name:" & prop.Name & "<br />")
  response.write("Value:" & prop.Value & "<br />")
next

rs.close
conn.close
set rs=nothing
set conn=nothing
%>