Sams Teach Yourself ADO 2.5 in 21 Days [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Christoph Wille (Author), Christian Kollier (Author)

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Product Description
Sams Teach Yourself ADO 2.5 in 21 Days teaches you how to build distributed database applications using today's latest technologies. Step-by-step tutorials and real-world examples illustrate how ADO enables programmers to access data in the most optimal manner. This book's coverage includes basic implementation of ADO 2.5 (i.e., data manipulation, working with recordsets, using stored procedures), advanced techniques (i.e., how to work asynchronously, data shaping, building applications, database management), and using ADO in a distributed environment (i.e., designing COM+ apps, the in-memory database, disconnecting data, using remote data service, debugging and tuning).

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Sams Teach Yourself ADO 2.5 in 21 Days teaches you how to build distributed database applications using today's latest technologies. Step-by-step tutorials and real-world examples illustrate how ADO enables programmers to access data in the most optimal manner. This book's coverage includes basic implementation of ADO 2.5 (i.e., data manipulation, working with recordsets, using stored procedures), advanced techniques (i.e., how to work asynchronously, data shaping, building applications, database management), and using ADO in a distributed environment (i.e., designing COM+ apps, the in-memory database, disconnecting data, using remote data service, debugging and tuning).

Product Details

• Paperback: 744 pages
• Publisher: Sams; illustrated edition edition (May 16, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672318733
• ISBN-13: 978-0672318733
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,440,748 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Good Book, May 14, 2002

By	John Jiang "johnjjiang" (Shelton, CT United States) - See all my reviews

The book is very good, very easy to read and easy to follow. In a few days you would be able to retrieve and update data using ADO. Highly recommended, especially for beginners.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it. These guys really understand ADO 2.5, May 24, 2000

By	K. Cox - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was the tech editor of this book, so I've read every word. The authors dig deeply into ADO 2.5 and get into under-used but fascinating areas of the technology such as ADOX, Shapes, Streams and COM+. As I said in the cover quote, these guys really do understand the technology - they aren't just regurgitating the Microsoft documentation. Also, check out the huge amount of very valuable code in the book. Most of it is in Visual Basic for Applications which can be adapted easily for Active Server Pages or regular VB. Although the book is not designed as a reference book, I often use it to look up ADO syntax that I've forgotten. This is a great book to learn ADO 2.5 and to apply it in real world scenarios.