Microsoft Data Access Components (for soft articles)

Microsoft Data Access Components
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) provide an easy-to-use, programmable access to all data throughout the enterprise. Data-driven client/server applications developed on a Web or local area network can use these components to easily combine information from a variety of resources, whether relevant or unrelated. Microsoft Data Access components include ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) and Remote Data Services (RDS), Microsoft OLE DB Vendors for ODBC, Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), and Microsoft SQL Server. Microsoft Access and other desktop databases, as well as improved ODBC drives for Oracle databases. All of these components have been published, documented, and supported.
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) support a variety of different application scenarios. How you use Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) depends on the scenario of the application you are developing. The Microsoft Data Access Component (MDAC) supports the following scenarios:
Intranet client/Server
Internet client/server
Microsoft Windows LAN Client/server
Single
Intranet client/Server
When you develop an intranet (after firewall) application through Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 (IIS) and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, you can take full advantage of the capabilities and flexibility of ADO and RDS. A large variety of application scenarios are possible:
Use Compiled.dll (written in Microsoft Visual Basic,microsoft Visual C + + or Microsoft Visual J + +) to access data, using Remote Data Services (RDS)
Use Microsoft Visual Basic's ActiveX Data object, Script Editor (VBScript), or iscript to access data on an ASP page, while using Remote Data Services (RDS) to extend data to the client;
Use the default business object