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Copyright © 2000 by David Sceppa
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Sceppa, David, 1972-
Programming ADO / David Sceppa.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-7356-0764-8
1. Database design. 2. Object oriented programming (Computer science) 3. ActiveX.
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QA76.9.D26 S32 2000
005.1'17--dc21 99-056529
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