Many-to-many relationships, 9697
MARS. See Multiple Active Result Set (MARS)
Mathematical function, 158
MDAC. See Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)
Mean time between failure (MTBF) metric, 81
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 JET. See Joint Engine Technology (Microsoft JET)
Microsoft Management Console, 32
Microsoft .NET language, 192
Microsoft .NET SqlClient data provider, 39
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 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
Money datatype, 101102, 209
Monolithic database application, 79
Mono- user database application, 8
MSDASQL. See Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC (MSDASQL)
MTBF. See Mean time between failure (MTBF) metric
Multi-intersection relationship, 9697
Multiple Active Result Set (MARS), 139
Multi-user xBase application, 9