Professional ADO 2.5 RDS Programming with ASP 3.0 (Paperback)

by John Papa (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review
Getting the most out of ASP-based Web pages on the Microsoft Web platform is the mission of Professional ADO 2.5 RDS Programming with ASP 3.0, a practical-minded tutorial for developing Web pages with dynamic content using the latest standards from Microsoft, including ADO, RDS, and XML.

Approachability and practicality characterize this book. It features short, comprehensible tutorials on basic ASP development using ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) and Remote Data Services (RDS) for Internet Explorer. The text is filled with useful information, including bug workarounds, gotchas, and tips for better performance. Of special interest is the material on using XML to deliver database results. (You learn how to use XML as a standard for processing and saving query results, as well as for storing local results with RDS.) Another helpful section shows how to use Visual Basic to create data objects on the middle tier. This simple solution will at least get you started with Microsoft's Distributed interNet Architecture (DNA) "best practices" for creating scalable Web applications.

One standout chapter shows how to use ADO successfully with Oracle databases (a popular choice with Webmasters). Again, practical tips focus on overcoming known bugs and the limitations of getting these Microsoft and Oracle products to coexist. Useful reference sections on ADO, RDS, (and Oracle) round out the book.

Overall, this is an ideal choice for anyone planning to take advantage of RDS on Internet Explorer on the client, but its good mix of practical tips for the server side of development make Professional ADO 2.5 RDS Programming with ASP 3.0 a particularly valuable resource. --Richard Dragan

Topics covered:

ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) and Remote Data Services (RDS) overview ADO 2.5 object model New features, including Record and Stream objects Using database Connection objects Transactions Events Working with Command objects Parameters Recordset objects (including XML options) Cloning Sorting

Batch updates and multiple recordsets Disconnected recordsets and RDS Metadata and custom recordsets XML support Data-shaping tutorial Using ADO with MTS on the middle tier RDS objects (basic operations, the RDS data control, ActiveX servers) Tips and pitfalls for using Oracle with ADO Oracle stored procedures ADS and RDS reference

Product Description
Together, Microsoft's ADO data access technology and their dynamic internet package Active Server Pages have become a powerful combination for delivering data-driven content across the web. Combined with RDS - remote Data Services- they allow web developers to manipulate data held in a range of databases smoothly effectively and well.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 819 pages
• Publisher: Wrox Press (February 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861003242
• ISBN-13: 978-1861003249
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,724,651 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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26 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for web db programmers, March 3, 2000

By	Jeff Kraus (Sterling, VA) - See all my reviews

This is by far the most comprehensive and coherent coverage of ADO that I've found, and quite possibly the best technical book I've ever purchased.

If you're looking for a thorough discussion on the pros and cons of the various ADO features and when to employ them, you'll want this book. If you're looking to get started in ADO programming and want to learn from the ground up without drowning in technobabble and without falling asleep, you'll want this book. If all you need is a technical reference to the complete ADO object model to replace the shallow references you'll find in other ADO books, you'll want this book.

The text is well written, the code is explained clearly and concisely, and the book is structured in such a way that you don't have to flip from chapter to chapter trying to sort out material covered earlier in the book. In short, if you work with ADO in any way, you'll want this book

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Picks up where ADO RDS 2.1 left off, February 25, 2000

By	Scott E. Wrangham (Louisville, CO United States) - See all my reviews

Very good book with plenty of examples. For readers of the previous 2.1 version of the book, it clearly indicates what's new in 2.5. Very good description of the new RECORD and STREAM objects and their use with XML.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best ADO/RDS reference so far, take it up from ADO/RDS 2.5, August 8, 2000

By	Maxime Bombardier (Montreal, Canada) - See all my reviews

I've always been fascinated with the ADO/RDS series since it always give you so much more than just a reference. This obviously goes in less details for ADO than the Professional ADO 2.5 book but it will bring more than what most of us needs.

It includes the complete reference with less explanation. What it does go into is the ADO objects (through Disconnected Recordsets), to Data Shaping.

This book concludes with almost 300 pages of Appendix on Reference, Overviews, Object Models, and more. If you know what you are looking for in ADO & RDS (which is probably the case for a "Professional" book), you will find it's answer here.

To my surprise, this book also includes 2 nice chapters about Oracle and it's usage with ADO. Most useful.