====== ADO ======
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== Specification ==
^Driver Name|ado|
^Data Provider|ado|
^Status|Obsolete((This driver is unsupported, and will be removed in ADOdb V6))|
^Windows|Yes|
^Unix|No|
^ADOdb V5|Yes|
^ADOdb V6|No|
== Alternatives ==
[[v5:database:access|ODBC driver for Access]]\\
[[v5:database:pdo|PDO Driver for Access]]

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===== Description =====
This Windows only driver supports connections through [[http://php.net/manual/en/book.com.php|COM obects]] to a limited number of databases. The ''ado'' driver itself cannot be used, one of the following subset drivers must be used

  * ado_access (Microsoft Access)
  * ado_mssql(Obsolete SQL Server driver)

{{tag>ado obsolete}}