Ado 2.0 Programmer's Reference [Illustrated] [Paperback]

David Sussman (Author), Alex Homer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1998

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 Micrsoft Visual Studio, C++, Visual Basic, and as part of the Windows NT operating system.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Microsoft's new ActiveX Data Object (ADO) 2 standard for database access allows programs to access traditional databases just as easily as other types of data (such as Web pages and spreadsheets). The ADO 2.0 Programmer's Reference gets you up and running with the new ADO and includes a full reference to its objects and methods.

This book explains what ADO is and how it improves upon Microsoft's older database standards. The authors provide valuable samples of how to use ADO in Visual Basic, Visual C++, and Visual J++/Java. They then move on to basic objects and collections used in ADO, such as Connection and Recordset objects, as well as objects that permit you to program with stored procedures for SQL databases.

The authors then take a look at how ADO and XML will facilitate offline database applications. They also offer some real-world benchmarking of actual ADO features put to the test. (For example, the authors suggest which SQL Server cursor options are best.)

The reference closes with more than 100 pages of reference material to all the objects, methods, constants, and error codes found in the new ADO. Much more convenient than online help, this guide will readily meet the needs of any Web developer who wants to become productive with ADO with a minimum of extraneous overhead. --Richard Dragan

From the Publisher

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.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 413 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1st edition (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861001835
• ISBN-13: 978-1861001832
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,668,508 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A useful reference and implementation guide, June 2, 1999

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Amy Riendeau (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ado 2.0 Programmer's Reference (Paperback)

I bought this book intending to learn about ADO and scripting. For the most part, the book was successful in teaching me the concepts and relevant objects. One of the good points was the ease of use and reference of the book - it's nice to have each chapter solely devoted to each ADO object. There is also a very interesting performance study that is probably alone worth the price of the book - very useful.

Now, complaints. As others have said, although the cover and intro text may indicate you can use this book as is with many languages, this is not the case. The authors show very brief examples in one of the leading chapters on C++, J++, and other more advanced languages, and then proceed to VB/VBScript for the rest of the book. If you aren't using these two languages, I'd suggest you look for a book IN ADDITION to this one.

Overall, an excellent book, especially for the price. I was able to get ADO working with a simple Access database in no time after reading it. Also, for those who bother to look at the examples on the Wrox site, they work well and provide all the source.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars No C++, July 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Ado 2.0 Programmer's Reference (Paperback)

This book is useless as a C++ reference. The front cover says that it "Demonstrates ADO using VB, C++, J++ and scripting languages with ASP"

What a load of bunk. There is very very little C++ and I could not look at myself in the mirror if I would have made that claim.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Exellent ADO resource, October 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Ado 2.0 Programmer's Reference (Paperback)

All the references to ADO is at your finger tips. A very handy book to have on your shelve.