Configuring the OLE DB Provider for Internet Publishing
Microsoft Data Access Components version 2.5 includes Data Links, a generic method for managing and loading connections to OLE DB data sources. Data Links also support finding and persisting connections to OLE DB data sources.
Data source information must be configured for each data source object that is to be accessed using the OLE DB Provider. The default parameters for the OLE DB Provider are used as the default values for data sources, when these parameters are not configured for each data source.
Microsoft Data Links provide a uniform method for creating file-persistent OLE DB data source object definitions in the form of Universal Data Link (UDL) files. Applications, such as the RowsetViewer sample included with the OLE DB SDK, can open created UDL files and pass the stored initialization string to the OLE DB Provider for Internet Publishing at run time.
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