Re: ADO future

Venu wrote:
Hi,

I plan to develop applications using Native Win 32, for which I am
using ADO as my database drivers.

I wonder, whether ADO for Win32 will long last

Well, they're not going to come around and delete it from machines that have
it installed, now are they.

and future updates
will be made by Microsoft.

AIUI, no. The future is ADO.Net, so no new features for classic ADO The last
update (besides a couple SPs) for MDAC was 2.8. But who knows, they have
bowed to pressure in other areas (think about Jet)

At the same time, I dont want to use
ADO.NET or Dot Net framework to develop my applications.

So, My question is, Is it a good idea to stick with ADO and Win32 and

Why not? Actually, if you want to use MS technology, it's your only
alternative to .Net, unless you want to go back to the older technologies
such as DAO and RDO <shudder>.

hoping for feature updates for ADO technology in future ?

I have to ask why this is relevant, but the answer is likely to be "no".

Why are "new features" a criterion? Either it does what you need it to do
now, or it doesn't ...


if no, what
would be the likely time period this technology will last or
supported by Microsoft ?

It's already deprecated, but that should not stop you.

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