Introduction to ADO Programming

Last modified: June 29, 2011

Applies to: Access 2013 | Office 2013

The ADO Programmer's Guide has been created to assist developers who are new to ADO by giving them a thorough introduction to the technology. This guide describes the libraries of the ADO family and uses sample code in a variety of languages to explain how to use the libraries, best practices for using the libraries, and tips and tricks for maximizing the performance of your ADO application.

The ADO Programmer's Guide contains the following sections and chapters:

• Section I: ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)

  • Chapter 1: ADO Fundamentals

  • Chapter 2: Getting Data

  • Chapter 3: Examining Data

  • Chapter 4: Editing Data

  • Chapter 5: Updating and Persisting Data

  • Chapter 6: Error Handling

  • Chapter 7: Handling ADO Events

  • Chapter 8: Understanding Cursors and Locks

  • Chapter 9: Data Shaping

  • Chapter 10: Records and Streams

• Section II: Remote Data Service (RDS)

  • Chapter 11: RDS Fundamentals

  • Chapter 12: RDS Tutorial

  • Chapter 13: RDS Usage and Security

• Section III: ActiveX Data Objects (Multidimensional) (ADOMD)

  • Chapter 14: ADO MD Fundamentals

• Section IV: ActiveX Data Objects Extensions for Data Definition Language and Security (ADOX)

  • Chapter 15: ADOX Fundamentals

• Section V: Appendixes

  • Appendix A: Providers

  • Appendix B: ADO Errors

  • Appendix C: Programming with ADO

  • Appendix D: ADO Samples

• ADO Glossary