ADO Objects

ADO provides two objects for managing connections with data sources (Connection and Command), two objects for managing the data returned from a data source (Field and Recordset) and three secondary objects (Parameters, Properties, and Errors) for managing information about ADO.


Object	Description
Command	Defines a specific command to execute against a data source.
Connection	Represents an open connection to a data source.
Error	Provides specific details about each ADO error.
Field	Represents a column of data with a common data type.
Parameter	Represents a parameter or argument associated with a Command object based on a parameterized query or stored procedure.
Property	Represents a dynamic characteristic of an ADO object that is defined by the provider. This object is not currently supported on UNIX.
Recordset	Represents the entire set of records from a database table or the results of an executed command.