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Overview
What is the Subject Area?
This book provides a reference to Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects version 2.0. ADO is the core technology for accessing all kinds of data including relational databases, mail servers, Active Directory, text and other document files, and data in other non-standard formats. It is supplied with many development environments, including Microsoft Visual Studio, C++, Visual Basic, and as part of the Windows NT operating system.What's Great About this Book?
- Provides a concise and yet comprehensive guide to the ways ADO 2 can be used in all kinds of applications.
- Demonstrates ADO with both Web applications in written ASP and in compiled applications written using Visual Basic.
- Covers the advanced ADO topics as well as the new features added in version 2.0.
- Acts as a vital reference on syntax and semantics for working with ADO.
- Explains how ADO fits into the whole DNA picture for distributed data-oriented applications.
- Describes the advantages of ADO over other Microsoft data access technologies.
- Shows how ADO interfaces with the core OLE-DB data access driver model.
- Includes a reference section for fast access to detailed lists of the properties and methods available.
Who is this Book for?
This book is aimed at the application developer who already uses Microsoft's data access methods in their applications, but wants to take full advantage of the new features of ADO 2.0. It also includes all the information required for any reasonably experienced developer to start using ADO within their Web pages and distributed applications. Finally, it is ideal for all existing ADO users, to get them up to speed quickly with version 2.0.Book Details
Published
October 1, 1998
Publisher
WROX Press Ltd
Pages
432
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781861001832