Re: Is there any (free!) ADO - OLE DB Provider for Lotus Notes?

From: dsacco (dsacco_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/22/05 

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 00:17:05 -0800

Yes, I know that I can use OLE DB Provider for ODBC and then use OBCD
NotesSQL Driver. But...it sucks! :) Ehmm...I mean...the performances are very
very poooooor!
So....is there any OLE DB Provider for Lotus Notes???
   Davide

"Stephen Howe" wrote:

>
> "dsacco" <dsacco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FF9A7E36-AC61-45BF-9B67-677FBC8C412D@microsoft.com...
> > I'd like to use ADO to access data from my Visual Basic 6.0 (not .NET!)
> > application.
> > The application actually access data from Lotus Notes and use ODBC and
> > NotesSql and also some direct OLE access.
> > CAN I USE ADO?
> > I think I need an OLE DB Provider for Lotus Notes...But it seems Microsoft
> > offer some OLD DB Providers (the one for SQL Server, the Jet, ecc...) but
> NOT
> > one for Lotus Notes.
>
> Don't matter. You can use OLE DB Provider for ODBC. Effectively you
> piggy-back off the Notes ODBC driver. In that way ADO can be used.
>
> But this provider is no longer distributed with MDAC.
> I think it can be downloaded from Microsoft separately.
>
> Stephen Howe
>
>
>

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