Features of ADO in Visual Basic

The concept behind Visual Basic ADO was Universal Data Access (UDA), where one database access method could be used for any data source; it was designed to replace both DAO and RDO. ADO is more flexible using ADO, one could develop a prototype database application using MS Access in the back-end, and with a "flick of the wrist" (i.e., with very little coding changes) "upsize" that same application to use Oracle or SQL Server. As far as RDO is concerned, no new versions of it have been developed beyond the version that shipped with Visual Basic, and there are no future plans for it.

Visual Basic and Databases is a tutorial that provides a detailed introduction to using Visual Basic for accessing and maintaining databases. Topics covered include: database structure, database design, Visual Basic project building, the DAO Data Access Object data control, data bound controls, proper interface design, Structured Query Language SQL This tutorial describes how you can use ADO objects in VB6. Now days, almost any time you write full fledged database application you will want to use ADO. Along with this, as your applications become more and more complex you will probably not want to rely on Visual Basic's data controls, but instead use the ADO objects directly. Read on to find out exactly how this can be done
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The ADO architecture makes the very heart of application development in Visual Basic that involves interaction with the databases. Considering that ADO acts as an interface between a Visual Basic application and the data source, providing all the objects and methods of data access, the

whole business of database manipulation in Visual Basic environment thus comes to hinge on the ADO architecture. 1. Author delves into ADO concepts from a Visual Basic programming perspective to how the injudicious use of ADO objects and methods affects not only the execution but also the performance of a Visual Basic program. The author looks at some common slip-ups that often cause problems in the Visual Basic code.