Chapter 2. What Is ADO.NET?

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IN THIS CHAPTER

• ADO.NET Explained

• The Benefits of ADO.NET

• ADO.NET Document Object Model

• Summary

In the beginning, there was Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO). Okay, that was a long way from the beginning, but ADO has been around a few years ”a lifetime in Internet terms. As with all things, ADO came to us through a normal evolutionary process, based on Data Access Objects (DAO) and Remote Data Objects (RDO). Following in this evolutionary model, Microsoft created ADO.NET.

This chapter provides a high-level look at the ADO.NET object model. You'll learn about the following:

• What ADO.NET is

• The Benefits of ADO.NET

• ADO.NET Document Object Model (DOM)

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