Re: Newbie : RDO?

Jlbd_at_Ciger.be (Bonduel Jean-Luc) wrote:

> What is RDO?
> Does RDO change anything in the connection with ODBC?
>
> TIA
>
> Jean-Luc (jlbd_at_ciGer.be)
>

RDO is Micro$soft's acronym for Remote Data Objects. There are a number of ways to access ODBC. They range from direct calls to the ODBC API (application program interface) which is the most rigorous and probably best performing to DAO (data access objects) which use the Micro$oft Jet data engine. DAO is the lease rigorous and worst performing. RDO fits in between the two. Closer to direct API calls.

I would recommend _Visual Basic 4 Enterprise Development_ from Que publishing or _Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual basic & SQL Server_ by MicroSoft Press if you are into VB. While both of these books deal with MS SQL Server, the prinicples apply to Oracle as well.

As to you second question, I am not sure what you are asking. If you extablish a Data Source Name with the ODBC configuration tool in Control Panel, you can communicate with RDO or the other methods. RDO will allow a number of enhaced features such as asynchronous queries and multiple result sets for a single ODBC connection.

Regards,

Ken Taylor Received on Fri Jul 11 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT