The most comprehensive and detailed VB/ADO book available, placing developers firmly in control of Microsoft's premier data access technology. The first part goes beyond the syntax of ADO to help developers gain an understanding of ADO components, what they can do, and how they can be used to best advantage. The author provides full of code examples and thorough explanations. Important topics covered include locking and transactions, connection pooling, marshalling, and inter-process communication. Part Two covers the use of ADO in real world development situations. It discusses user interface creation, the Data Environment concept introduced in VB6, and the use of ADO in Internet and data mining scenarios.

Rob MacDonald is an independent software expert who specializes in enterprise system design and data access using Windows, COM+, ADO, and MTS. After nine years running a thriving software development company, he now works directly with developers as a designer, mentor, and trainer. He lives in southern England.