MDAC 2.5 SDK - OLE DB Providers
OLE DB Remoting Provider

Overview of the OLE DB Remoting Provider

Who can use this provider

ADO and OLE DB developers wanting to access OLE DB data providers running on separate machines or in separate processes on the same machine can use this provider.

What this provider allows you to do

The OLE DB Remoting Provider enables those applications written to consume data from OLE DB providers to work with remote OLE DB data providers. Used in conjunction with other service components, such as the Microsoft® Cursor Service for OLE DB and the Persistence Provider, the Remoting Provider allows you to retrieve rowsets from remote data stores and update those rowsets.

Remote data providers are defined as those running on the same computer as the consumer but in a different process, or they can be providers that are running on another computer. When running on another computer, the Remoting Provider communicates over the network using either DCOM or HTTP protocol.

The client application benefits from the full power of OLE DB, but all the remoting services are handled outside the application, increasing scalability. The client application need not change because the location of the data store changes.

Additional resources

Documents

Technical articles and white papers are posted on the respective "Technical Materials" pages on the Universal Data Access Web site (http://www.microsoft.com/data/techmat.htm) and may also accompany each release of the Microsoft® Data Access Components (MDAC) SDK. Their presence and location may change with each release. Other articles can be found in the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN™) Library. Detailed articles concerning known limitations or workarounds can be found in the MSDN Knowledge Base.

References

OLE DB Programmer's Reference

ADO Programmer's Reference

Sites

http://www.microsoft.com/data/oledb

http://www.microsoft.com/data/ado

http://www.microsoft.com/data/ado/rds