Getting Started with ADO
This section contains overview information about ADO and Remote Data Service (RDS), tutorials using the ADO and RDS programming models to query and update a data source, and scenarios using ADO and RDS. To get started with ADO, see the following sections:
The ADO documentation also includes the following sections to help you learn and use ADO:
- ADO Features Describes important features of ADO and how to use them in your applications.
- ADO API Reference Describes in detail each object, collection, property, method, event, and enumerated constant in ADO, as well as error information.
- Programming with ADO Describes tips and tricks to help you use ADO in several development languages. Includes syntax indexes for the Visual C++ Extensions to ADO, Visual C++ with COM, and Visual J++ (ADO/WFC).
- ADO Samples Provides code examples for the ADO properties and methods in Visual Basic, C++, Java, and VBScript, as well as sample applications showing practical ADO and RDS usage.
- Using Providers with ADO Describes how to use ADO with a variety of OLE DB data providers and service providers.
- ADO Glossary Defines terms specific to data access programming.
- Technical Articles Includes information about technical issues. A part of the MDAC SDK, this section contains technical articles on a variety of subjects.