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Browse All TopicsI need some clarification on the differences between odbc, oledb and ado -
as I understand it and have used odbc basically sits in between the web server and database server for it's connection
oledb it appears sits before odbc but what extra features does it offer - more connections to different db's/more stability
ado it appears sits side by side with oledb but again I don't see the benefits except it appears it offers more connections to different db's and possibility a way to write an interface?
Then it appears that JDBC acts similiar to ODBC except the connection is done via code (however what is the benefit of using a odbc-jdbc bridge)
to me the bridge seems like a lot of extra work in order to have a Java app use ODBC?
Any clarification would be great
Also now a day's are most people using ado.net for connections instead of straight ado?
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