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Chapter 4. The Connection Object

Within ADO, all activity is centered on the Connection object. A Connection object represents a unique physical connection to a data source. The characteristics of a connection are defined by the values that you pass to the Connection object.^[3]

^[3]For a complete list of the Connection object’s methods, see Chapter 13.

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