Data Source Object Interfaces

The following table shows the mandatory and optional interfaces defined by OLE DB for a data source object.

Interface

Required?

Implemented by OLE DB templates?

IDBCreateSession

Mandatory

Yes

IDBInitialize

Mandatory

Yes

IDBProperties

Mandatory

Yes

IPersist

Mandatory

Yes

IConnectionPointContainer

Optional

No

IDBDataSourceAdmin

Optional

No

IDBInfo

Optional

No

IPersistFile

Optional

No

ISupportErrorInfo

Optional

No

The data source object implements the IDBProperties, IDBInitialize, and IDBCreateSession interfaces through inheritance. You can choose to support additional functionality by inheriting or not inheriting from one of these implementation classes. If you want to support the IDBDataSourceAdmin interface, you must inherit from the IDBDataSourceAdminImpl class.

See Also

Concepts

OLE DB Provider Template Architecture