1. Accessing the Database Server: ODBC, OLE DB, and ADO

2. Typical Web Server
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3. ODBC Open Database Connectivity;
DBMS-independent means for processing relational database data
ORACLE
SYBASE
INFORMIX
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4. Role of ODBC Standard
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5. ODBC Terminology
Data source the database, its associated DBMS, operating system, and network platform
Driver manager intermediary between the application and DBMS drivers
Driver processes ODBC requests and submits SQL statements to a data source
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6. ODBC Architecture
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7. Conformance Levels
ODBC concerned with API application program interface
SQL
Minimum
Core
Extended
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8. ODBC Data Source Types File shared among database users
System local to a single computer
User only available to the user who created it
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9. OLE DB Object Linking and Embedding Database;
Provides an object-oriented interface to data of almost any type and used as an interface to ODBC and non-relational data
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10. Object Terminology Abstraction a generalization of something
Method actions that an object can perform
Property a characteristic of a recordset abstraction
Collection object that contains a group of other objects
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11. Role of OLE DB
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12. OLE DB Goals
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13. OLE DB Data Providers
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14. ADO ActiveX Data Objects;
an interface that enables programmers in almost any language (including scripting) to access OLE DB functionality
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15. Role of ADO
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16. ADO Object Model
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