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June 06, 2008

Accessing Database Data with ADO


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Executive Summary: Learn how to use Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) to access, filter, sort, and retrieve data from Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access databases from VBScript scripts.

 


VBScript applications often access data in Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft Access databases. An easy way to facilitate that access is to use Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO). ADO is a set of COM objects that act as an interface between VBScript and the OLE DB provider specific to SQL Server or Access. Even if you don’t use VBScript and ADO in your current scripting projects, existing production scripts might still use VBScript and ADO. COM-based scripting languages are still the primary focus in some organizations, and Microsoft continues to support ADO access in SQL Server 2008 and Access 2007.

By using ADO, you can connect to an instance of SQL Server or to an Access database file, issue an SQL command against database objects, and retrieve and modify data. The ADO objects let you access both types of data sources —SQL Server and Access—in a consistent manner. The primary difference between the two is in how you define the connection string. . . .

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