Summary

This is the first of two chapters that focus on ADO data access issues for Access developers. As such, the chapter aims to achieve two primary objectives. First, it introduces ADO as a tool for data access. The goal is to convey a general understanding of the benefits that ADO brings to data access. Second, the chapter introduces three classes of ADO objects (Connection, Recordset, and Field) and drills down on the properties and methods of each type of object. The goals for this second objective are to provide a detailed grasp of the capabilities of each kind of object as well as convey a working knowledge of how to program the objects.