Getting Around the MDAC SDK

This chart is designed to guide you through the Microsoft® Data Access Components (MDAC) SDK. Look on the chart to find MDAC SDK information about what you want to learn, the problem you want to solve, or an activity you want to do. For a better understanding of MDAC SDK technologies, we recommend that everyone read the "What Are the MDAC Technologies?" technical article.

Tasks	Go To	Language
Learn about data access technologies
Novice	Microsoft Data Access Components overview "What Are the MDAC Technologies?" technical article "MDAC Technology Features" technical article "Choosing MDAC Components" technical article ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) overview OLE DB overview Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) overview
Experienced with RDO/DAO or PowerBuilder/Delphi Tools	"Migrating from DAO to ADO" technical article
Use Visual Basic to create an application that uses data accessed from different data stores	ADO overview ADO Tutorial	Visual Basic
Use a browser to create an application that uses data accessed from different data stores	ADO overview ADO Tutorial ADO Samples	Active Server Pages
Expose multidimensional data using ADO	ADO MD	Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual J++
Expose data and services through OLE DB
OLE DB novice	OLE DB overview OLE DB Samples OLE DB Programmer's Reference OLE DB Simple Provider Toolkit	Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual J++
OLE DB expert	"OLE DB Leveling" technical article OLE DB Providers OLE DB Programmer's Reference OLE DB Testing	Visual C++
Use multidimensional data	OLE DB for Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)
Expose SQL data through ODBC	ODBC overview "OLE DB for the ODBC Programmer" technical article