Roger Jennings' Database Developer's Guide with Visual Basic 6, Third Edition, provides in-depth coverage of all new database-related features of Visual Basic 6.0. Topics includes OLE DB 1.0, Active Data Objects (ADO) 2.0, Remote Data Services (RDS) 2.0, and DataEnvironment and DataReport objects. Client/server chapters describe how to create high-performance decision-support and OLTP applications with SQL Server 6.5 and 7.0. Advanced topics include executing parameterized stored procedures with ADO Command objects, designing and deploying Microsoft Transaction Server 2.0 components, and writing Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) to extract summarized data from PivotTable and SQL Server OLAP Services (formerly Plato) DataCubes with ADOMD, ADO 2.0's implementation of MDX.
Roger Jennings is a principal of OakLeaf Systems—an Oakland, California consulting firm that specializes in the design and implementation of client/server database systems for Fortune 500 companies. He brings over 25 years of computer programming experience to his best-selling Sams titles, including Database Developer¿s Guide with Visual Basic 3, Database Developer¿s Guide with Visual Basic 4, Access 1.1 Developer¿s Guide, Access 2 Developer¿s Guide, and the Roger Jennings¿ Database Workshop books, for which he is the series editor. In addition to writing books, Roger is a Contributing Editor and the writer of “Database Design” columns and feature articles on Visual Basic, Access, and client/server computing for Fawcette Technical Publications¿ Visual Basic Programmer¿s Journal.