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Serious ADO

Universal Data Access with Visual Basic

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  • This is the most comprehensive and detailed VB/ADO book available

  • Coverage is balanced to be of value to both two-tier developers and n-tier developers, and it addresses the many developers currently moving from one to the other

  • The author examines the use of ADO in real world development situations including Internet development and data mining scenarios

  • This comprehensive book places developers firmly in control of Microsoft's premier data access technology

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. ADO’s Big Idea

    1. ADO’s Big Idea

      • Rob Macdonald
      Pages 1-7
  3. ADO in Depth

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
    2. ADO Unplugged

      • Rob Macdonald
      Pages 11-62
    3. Recordsets with SQL Data Sources

      • Rob Macdonald
      Pages 63-125
    4. Explicit Connections

      • Rob Macdonald
      Pages 127-162
    5. Explicit Commands

      • Rob Macdonald
      Pages 163-191
    6. Disconnected Recordsets

      • Rob Macdonald
      Pages 227-286
    7. Recordset Recursion and Data Shaping

      • Rob Macdonald
      Pages 287-326
    8. Creating Simple Providers

      • Rob Macdonald
      Pages 381-418
  4. ADO at Large

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 419-419
    2. Binding and Data-aware Objects

      • Rob Macdonald
      Pages 421-449
    3. The Data Environment

      • Rob Macdonald
      Pages 451-479
    4. ADO, DNA, MTS, and COM+

      • Rob Macdonald
      Pages 481-511
    5. RDS and DHTML

      • Rob Macdonald
      Pages 513-541
    6. Multidimensional ADO (ADOMD)

      • Rob Macdonald
      Pages 543-579
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 581-616

About this book

From seasoned developer and trainer Rob Macdonald comes Serious ADO: Universal Data Access with Visual Basic, which teaches experienced Visual Basic developers how to make the most of ADO, Microsoft's flagship product for database access. Serious ADO covers the full range of uses for ADO, from basic use of the ADO technology to specialized topics and advanced techniques that will benefit even the most experienced developers.

The first part of the book provides thorough coverage of ADO's components and what they can do. Along the way, Macdonald offers real-world code examples along with complete explanations of exactly what is occurring at each stage of the development process. This part also covers some of the key concepts upon which ADO programming is based, such as locking and transactions, connection pooling, marshalling, and Inter Process Communication, among others.

The second part of the book addresses the use of ADO in real-world development scenarios. Here, Macdonald demonstrates advanced user interface creation, including new ways to control the binding process. You'll also learn how to use Microsoft Transaction Server of COM+ applications to create transactional component-based systems.

Note: this title was originally published with an accompanying CD-ROM or DVD. That accompanying material can now be found by navigating to http://extras.springer.com/Search and entering the book's ISBN.

About the author

Rob MacDonald is an independent software expert who specializes in enterprise system design and data access using Windows, COM+, ADO, and MTS. After nine years running a thriving software development company, he now works directly with developers as a designer, mentor, and trainer. He lives in southern England.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Serious ADO

  • Book Subtitle: Universal Data Access with Visual Basic

  • Authors: Rob Macdonald

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0862-4

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Rob Macdonald 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-893115-19-4Published: 17 August 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-0862-4Published: 01 January 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 611

  • Number of Illustrations: 131 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 34.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

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