Sams Teach Yourself ADO 2.5 in 21 Days

• Learn Active Data Objects (ADO) 2.5, the key to Microsoft's data access strategy
• ADO enables programmers to gain high-performance access to a variety of information sources
• CD-ROM contains an evaluation version of SQL Server 7.0, and a ready-to-use database for use with the book

Table of contents

Introduction

Week 1: At a Glance

Day 1: Basic Knowledge About ADO

2: Retrieving Data Using ADO

3: Fail-Safe Inserting of Data

4: Updating and Deleting Database Data

5: Filtering and Sorting Resultsets

6: Working with Large Recordsets

7: Implementing Application Logic in Stored Procedures

Week 1: In Review

Week 2: At a Glance

8: Enrolling in Transactions

9: Working Asynchronously with ADO Events ..... 233

10: Shaping Your Data into Hierarchical Recordsets

11: Analyzing Businesses with OLAP

12: Building Applications with ADO MD

13: Accessing Non-Relational Data

14: Managing Your Database with ADOX

Week 2: In Review

Week 3: At a Glance

15: Creating Scalable Solutions with COM+

16: Working with Disconnected Recordsets

17: Remoting Data Using RDS

18: Creating RDS Business Objects

19: ADO and XML Integration

20: Securing Your ADO/RDS Environment

21: Tuning and Debugging ADO Applications