ADO is an ideal tool for helping to build Web applications that access Microsoft® SQL Server™ data. Using Microsoft Visual InterDev™ as a Web development environment, you can use ADO connection and data access routines from within your Microsoft Visual Basic® Scripting Edition or Microsoft JScript® code in your client .htm or server .asp pages. You can encapsulate ADO routines into business objects that perform specific functions, such as validation and authentication.
An example of a Web application that uses ADO to communicate with a SQL Server version 7.0 database is the Northwind Inventory Management sample supplied with SQL Server 7.0. This online inventory management application allows users to view the Northwind Groceries Inventory, make product updates, add new products, and remove old ones.