Day 6. ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)

During the past few days, you have become familiar with SQL Enterprise Manager, creating tables and manipulating the database directly. You now want to learn how to interact with your database through your applications. How will you do this? The answer is using ActiveX Data Objects (ADO).

Expanding on what you learned of the DNA Architecture from the first two days, you are focusing on ADO in this chapter, which is the cornerstone of Windows DNA's data tier. Your business logic tier makes calls to your data tier where ADO is used. ADO enables access to your data stores in the data tier. To learn about ADO, this chapter will guide you through the basics of ADO programming and introduce you to the fundamental ADO ...

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