ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) is Microsoft’s premier data access technology. ADO and its partner, OLE DB, represent Microsoft’s recommended solution for all data access. ADO is designed to be an ...

This then is the goal of Microsoft's budding ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) format, which seeks to abstract-out some deep programmatic interface issues. Moreover, it supports many more diverse data types.

Sometimes, we’re just careless. Often, we’re unaware of a subtle nuance between the two object libraries, Data Access Objects (DAO) and ActiveX Data Objects (ADO).