error trying to follow a website

Whenever I start with a new development environment the first I try is db access using SQLite. i found the following website: How To Open a SQLite connection and use it — Gambas Documentation. I typed in the code and I get the error shown in the attached screen capture.
        

Try "AS" instead of "=" in "Dim $con = New Connection"

do you have the SQLite Driver loaded ?

Without the database components, an "unknown identifier: connection" error would pop up.

The "syntax" error is from the line not being correctly written out, which I can reproduce by changing the  "AS" to "=".