As if passing a Recordset object and all of its contents across process boundaries using DCOM weren't impressive enough, the ADO Cursor Engine also helps you pass Recordsets across the Internet by means of HTTP (or HTTPS), using a set of libraries called Remote Data Service (RDS).
You can use RDS with any Microsoft Visual Studio language to develop applications that communicate over the Internet almost as easily as you can develop applications that communicate over your intranet. We'll cover RDS in more detail in Chapter 16.