Deprecated and obsolete components Microsoft Data Access Components




1 deprecated , obsolete components

1.1 microsoft jet database engine , jro
1.2 msdasql , oracle odbc
1.3 remote data services (rds)
1.4 sqlxml
1.5 obsolete components





deprecated , obsolete components

mdac continually evolving component framework. such, there have been several components part of have since been deprecated or removed entirely framework.


microsoft jet database engine , jro

jet stands joint engine technology , database engine used microsoft access, microsoft exchange server , visual basic. jet part of relational database management system (rdbms) , offered single interface other software use access microsoft databases. jet provided support security, referential integrity, transaction processing, indexing, record , page locking, , data replication. in later versions of jet, engine extended run sql queries, store character data in unicode format, create views, , allowed bi-directional replication microsoft sql server. has since been superseded msde.


there 3 modules jet. 1 native jet isam driver, jet dynamic link library (dll) directly manipulate microsoft access database files (mdb), modified form of indexed sequential access method (isam) database. 1 of modules isam drivers, dlls allowed access isam databases, among them being xbase, paradox, btrieve , foxpro files. final module data access objects (dao) dll, dao allowed programmers access jet engine. object-oriented data language used access basic , visual basic application developers access jet.


similarly, microsoft jet ole db provider , replication objects (jro) allowed replication between jet data sources removed mdac 2.6


msdasql , oracle odbc

the microsoft ole db provider odbc, or msdasql, ole db provider allowing activex data objects access databases via odbc driver. microsoft supplied several ole-db providers (for indexing service, active directory, jet, sql server, oracle (msdaora) , internet publishing), unless otherwise directed, ado defaulted using msdasql default provider. after mdac 2.5 both oracle odbc driver , msdasql supported oracle 7 , partially supported oracle 8i. features not supported were:



clob, blob, bfile, nchar, nclob, , nvarchar2 oracle datatypes
unicode support oracle 7.x , 8i
multiple client instances of oracle
nested outer joins

microsoft deprecated msdasql component 64-bit operating systems , microsoft oracle odbc driver later superseded .net managed oracle provider, supported oracle 9i. however, windows server 2008 , windows vista sp1 ship 64-bit version of msdasql.


remote data services (rds)

remote data services (rds) allowed retrieval of set of data server, client altered in way , sent server further processing. popular adoption of transact-sql, extends sql such programming constructs loops , conditional statements, became less necessary , deprecated in mdac 2.7. microsoft produced soap toolkit 2.0, allows clients via open xml-based standard.


sqlxml

sqlxml designed sql server 2000, deprecated mdac 2.6. allowed microsoft s relational database viewed xpath , allowed data viewable xml file. has not been deprecated has been removed later versions of mdac, though microsoft provide downloadable component , support on 64-bit operating systems.


obsolete components

several components have been removed mdac microsoft , no longer supported. are:



esql/c: embedded sql (also known e-sql or esql/c) way of using sql when programming in visual c. microsoft dropped support after sql server 6.5 released, though did license of esql/c run-time environment company called micro focus, develops cobol compilers , tools
dao: dao, or data access objects object oriented interface created microsoft allowed versions of microsoft access , visual basic access jet database engine. later (in version 3.5) able bypass jet engine altogether , directly access odbc data sources.
rdo: remote data objects, or rdo, microsoft technology allowed creation of interfaces directly called on odbc. rdo version 2.0 final version developed microsoft.
db-library: c-based api allowed application interact sql server. not supported on product after sql server 2000, , no features added after sql server 6.5.




^ microsoft, deprecated components (ole db), retrieved august 5, 2005.
^ hamilton, bill (2008). ado.net 3.5 cookbook. cookbook series (2 ed.). o reilly media, inc. p. 27. isbn 9780596101404. retrieved 2012-10-09. [...] use [...] oracle ole db provider (msdaora) access oracle data. 
^ microsoft, data access technologies road map , deprecated mdac components, microsoft ado programmer s guide appendix a: providers, microsoft ole db provider odbc archived 2001-10-05 @ wayback machine., retrieved july 30, 2005.
^ microsoft, ms kb article 244661: info: limitations of microsoft oracle odbc driver , oledb provider, last reviewed august 25, 2004, retrieved august 4, 2005.
^ microsoft, remote data service (rds) , retrieved august 11, 2005.
^ microsoft, data access technologies roadmap , deprecated mdac components
^ kalen delaney, inside microsoft sql server 2000 , microsoft press, p65.
^ christine solomon, microsoft office 97 developer s handbook , microsoft press. pp. 195–200.






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