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Getting data across platforms and formats is a cornerstone of present-day applications development. ADO: ActiveX Data Objects is both an introduction and a complete reference to ADO (ActiveX Data Objects), Microsoft's universal data access solution. You'll learn how to easily access data in multiple formats--such as email messages, Access databases, Word documents, and SQL databases--even on different platforms, without spending extra time learning every last detail about each format.
Author Jason Roff shows by example how to use ADO with your programming language of choice to save programming time, so you can concentrate on the content and quality of your application rather than the nitty-gritty of specific data formats.
ADO: ActiveX Data Objects includes: Chapters dedicated to the Connection, Recordset, Field, and Command objects and the Properties collection - A complete, detailed reference listing every ADO object, method, property, and event, in convenient alphabetical order - Chapters on ADO architecture, data shaping, the ADO Event Model - An appendix containing enumeration tables used by ADO objects and collections, listed alphabetically - Brief introductions to RDS, ADO.NET, and SQL.
ADO: ActiveX Data Objects is a versatile one-stop guide to both the theory and practice of programming with ADO through Version 2.6. The thorough reference section and topic-specific chapters will help you find quick answers about the details of objects, collections, methods, and properties of ADO. And the abundance of practical code examples will give you a good grasp of how to use ADO's strong points most effectively.
List of contents
Preface
Learning ADO
Chapter 1: Introduction to ADO
Chapter 2: The ADO Architecture
Chapter 3: Accessing ADO with Various Languages
Chapter 4: The Connection Object
Chapter 5: The Recordset Object
Chapter 6: Fields
Chapter 7: The Command Object
Chapter 8: The ADO Event Model
Chapter 9: Data Shaping
Chapter 10: Records and Streams
Chapter 11: Remote Data Services
Chapter 12: The Microsoft .NET Framework and ADO.NET
Reference Section
Chapter 13: ADO API Reference
Appendixes
Introduction to SQL
The Properties Collection
ADO Errors
The ADO Data Control
Enumeration Tables
Colophon
About the author
Jason T. Roff is the author of three database-development books,
including ADO: ActiveX Data Objects. He specializes in Visual Basic,
ASP, and SQL Server development and architecture, and has experience
working with C and Assembly on everything ranging from a Commodore
to a Unix box. Jason graduated from the University of Albany with a
degree in computer science with applied mathematics. Currently, he
manages local and offsite development teams to create web- and
Windows-based applications.
Summary
A one-stop guide to ADO. Covers the Connection, Recordset, Field, and Command objects and the Properties collection; ADO architecture, data shaping, and the ADO Event Model; brief introductions to RDS, ADO.NET, and SQL; and alphabetic reference to every ADO object, method, property, and event.
