Thank you ruirib... Response.Write strSql was commented out. Crazy. I worked on trying to figure out what to do for too long and it was right in front of me the entire time. I commented out the my_conn.execute just now and the forum archived perfectly. (it did write alot on the page as it was going through the motion). I'll keep looking at the moderator problem.
Thank You iane87! I actually spent alot of time setting up a mysql database. But I'm working in a HELm environment and have long times between support requests and answers (could not figure out where database was located on server). But I will migrate. Been with same reseller for years and years so I'm patient with them.