The documentation for ADO is part of the Platform SDK documentation that comes with the MSDN Library. In the MSDN Library, choose Contents, then Platform SDK | Data Access Services | Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) SDK | Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO).
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ADO Error # -2147467259; Description [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access 97 Driver] '(unknown)' isn't a valid path. Make sure that the path name is spelled correctly and that you are connected to the server on which the file resides.
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ADO.NET—the data-access component of the Microsoft .NET Framework—works with any component on any platform that understands XML. Get a solid handle on ADO.NET and learn how to exploit the database functionality of Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET and Microsoft Visual C#™ .NET ... Microsoft® ADO.NET 2.0 Step by Step...
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About David SceppaAuthor of Programming ADO (Microsoft Press, 2000), David Sceppa is currently working as a tester in the Visual Basic Data team, working with the new data features in the product as well as with ADO .NET itself.
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ADO.NET provides consistent access to data sources such as Microsoft SQL Server, as well as data sources exposed through OLE DB and XML. Data-sharing consumer applications can use ADO.NET to connect to these data sources and retrieve, manipulate, and update data.
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Microsoft Corporation ... Summary: Eliminate the impedance mismatch between data models and between languages that application developers would otherwise have to deal with new features available in the upcoming version of ADO.NET. (33 printed pages)
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Home ADO.NET Datasets in Microsoft.Net ... - Datasets in Microsoft.Net; - Latest Developments in the .Net World; - Introduction to .NET; - Automatic Generation of Single Table SQL Sta...; - Data Access in .NET using C#: Part 1; - All You Need To Know About ADO.NET: Part 2/2; - All You Need To Know About ADO.NET:
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On this web page, you'll find links to sample ADO and ADO.NET connection strings for .NET Data Providers,  OLE DB Providers, and ODBC Drivers (DSN/DSN-Less), from Microsoft, Oracle, and many other companies.
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Samples and unsupported tools for the ADO.NET Entity Framework(including LINQ to Entities) and LINQ to SQL. ... EdmGen2 is a command-line tool for the Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework that is able to read and write the EDMX file format, as well as translate between EDMX and CSDL, SSDL & MSL file formats.
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...enables the creation and consumption of REST-based data services for the web (formerly known as ADO.NET Data Services). ... Introducing the Microsoft Open Data Protocol Visualizer; 1. Introduction The Open Data Protocol Visualizer for Visual Studio (“the visualizer”) is a extensi... more; Tuesday, Nov 17 by dpblogs...
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