M

Mac OS X, 123

Maintainability, 129

Manageability, 7980

Mantissa bits, 103

Many-to-many relationships, 9697

MARS. See Multiple Active Result Set (MARS)

Mathematical function, 158

MAX function, 156

MDAC. See Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)

Mean time between failure (MTBF) metric, 81

Memory, 8689

Metadata functions, 158

Microsoft Access, 17, 121123

Microsoft Corporation, 25

Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)

ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), 126129

ADO.NET, 121, 129131

avoid deprecated components, 121122

object-linking and embedding database (OLE DB), 121122, 126127

open database connectivity (ODBC), 121124

outline architecture, 122

Microsoft Data Link (.udl), 127

Microsoft Excel, 17, 78

Microsoft Exchange, 121

Microsoft JET. See Joint Engine Technology (Microsoft JET)

Microsoft Management Console, 32

Microsoft .NET language, 192

Microsoft .NET SqlClient data provider, 39

Microsoft Office, 17

Microsoft Office Visio

create Conceptual ER Diagram using, 9394

create entities in, 94

define datatype using, 99100

model attributes in, 95

Microsoft Office Visio for Enterprise Architects, 9293

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC (MSDASQL), 122

Microsoft Patterns & Practices Development Center, 83

Microsoft Visual Basic, 121

Microsoft Visual C++, 125

Microsoft Windows, 123

Microsoft Windows 95, 15

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, 15

Microsoft Windows Server with Service Pack 4, 15

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1, 15

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition with Service Pack 2, 1516

MIN function, 156

Mixed Mode, 23

ModifiedDate column, 261

Money datatype, 101102, 209

Monolithic database application, 79

Mono- user database application, 8

MONTH function, 158

MoveNext method, 213

MSDADS, 122

MSDASQL. See Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC (MSDASQL)

MSDN Online, 32

MSDN Premium, 93

@msgnum, 267

@ msgtext , 267

MTBF. See Mean time between failure (MTBF) metric

Multi-intersection relationship, 9697

Multiple Active Result Set (MARS), 139

Multi-user xBase application, 9