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OLE DB

OLE DB (Object Linking and Embedding, Database, sometimes written as OLEDB or OLE-DB) is an API designed by Microsoft that allows accessing data from a variety of sources in a uniform manner. The API provides a set of interfaces implemented using the Component Object Model (COM); it is otherwise unrelated to OLE. Microsoft originally intended OLE DB as a…

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OLE DB providers

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OLE DB

Nodes25
Edges24
Triples36
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.08
Components1

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OLE DB

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related to Support status · 14
OLE DB → According, ADO, Denali, FAQ, However, Microsoft, Microsoft FAQ, Microsoft's, NET, ODBC, On Oct, Providers, SQL Server, The
related to OLE DB providers · 9
OLE DB → ADO, An OLE DB, It, JDBC, Microsoft SQL Server, NET, ODBC, Oracle, Sybase ASE
related to References · 5
OLE DB → Data Developer Center, Microsoft, MSDN, OLE DB Providers Overview, Retrieved March
related to Methodology · 4
OLE DB → MDAC, Microsoft Data Access Components, The, This
part of · 1
OLE DB → the Microsoft Data Access Components

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ole db data microsoft providers access object support store provider set api odbc interface sql server implement variety capabilities sources

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OLE DBpart ofthe Microsoft Data Access Components0.85text
email systems.Howeverinstance ofIt can also provide access to hierarchical data stores0.80text
because different data store technologies can have different capabilitiesinstance ofIt can also provide access to hierarchical data stores0.80text
every OLE DB provider cannot implement every possible interface available in the OLE DB standardinstance ofIt can also provide access to hierarchical data stores0.80text
OLE DBrelated to MethodologyThis0.60section
OLE DBrelated to MethodologyThe0.60section
OLE DBrelated to MethodologyMicrosoft Data Access Components0.60section
OLE DBrelated to MethodologyMDAC0.60section
OLE DBrelated to OLE DB providersAn OLE DB0.60section
OLE DBrelated to OLE DB providersODBC0.60section
OLE DBrelated to OLE DB providersJDBC0.60section
OLE DBrelated to OLE DB providersADO0.60section

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