Data Access and Transactions

Teach Yourself Active Web Database Programming in 21 Days by Fleet, Warren, Chen, and Stojanovic, 1997, Indianapolis: Sams.net Publishing.: A step-by-step tutorial of ADO, and data-centric business object development fundamentals.
ADO 2.0 Programmer’s Reference by Sussman and Homer, 1998, Chicago: Wrox Press Ltd.: Provides a concise, comprehensive guide to the way ADO 2.0 can be used in all kinds of applications. Demonstrates ADO using VB, C++, J++, and scripting languages with ASP.
Teach Yourself Database Programming with Visual C++ in 21 Days by L. Robinson, 1998, Indianapolis: Sams.net Publishing.: Covers Visual C++ programming for ADO, RDS, OLE DB, ODBC, Component Services, COM, as well as DAO and the MFC ODBC classes. You will learn how to choose the best database model/technology for your application. You will also learn about database design, ways to leverage a database server, how to create C++ component software for database applications, and multitier application development.