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v5:database:ado

# ADO

##### Specification

Driver Name | ado
Data Provider | ado
Status | Obsolete1)
Windows | Yes
Unix | No
ADOdb V5 | Yes
ADOdb V6 | No

##### Alternatives

ODBC driver for Access
PDO Driver for Access

## Description

This Windows only driver supports connections through 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)

1) This driver is unsupported, and will be removed in ADOdb V6
v5/database/ado.txt · Last modified: 2016/01/12 16:53 by mnewnham

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