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This topic lists the new features introduced by each release of ADO, ADO MD, and ADOX.

ADO 2.8

ADO 2.8 addresses several security-related concerns:

  • Hard drive access is not allowed outside a trusted zone.
    In cross-domain scripting involving nontrusted sites, the following operations are disabled: Stream.SaveToFile, Stream.LoadFromFile, Recordset.Save, and Recordset.Open, used in conjunction with the adCmdFile flag or with the Microsoft OLE DB Persistence Provider (MSPersist).
  • Recordset.Open, Recordset.Save, Stream.SaveToFile, and Stream.LoadFromFile operate on physical files only.
    These methods now verify that file handles point to physical files only.
  • Recordset.ActiveCommand returns an error when invoked from an HTML/ASP page.
    This prevents the Command object from being misused.
  • The number of Recordsets returned by a nested Shape command has an upper bound.
    A nested shape command now returns a maximum of 512 Recordsets. This means that a Shape command can no longer be nested at any depth. Instead, the maximum level depth is 512, if each command results in a single (child) Recordset. If, at any level, a Shape command returns multiple Recordsets, the maximum level of depth will be less than 512.

ADO 2.7

  • 64-bit platform support
    ADO 2.7 introduces support for 64-bit processors.

ADO 2.6

  • CubDef.GetSchemaObject Method
    Starting with ADO 2.6, ADO MD objects can be retrieved using unique names, as specified by the UniqueName property (ADO MD). The names of parent objects do not need to be known, and parent collections do not need to be populated to retrieve a schema object. See GetSchemaObject method (ADO MD).
  • Command streams
    The Command object supports commands in stream format as an alternative to using the CommandText property. The CommandStream property (ADO) can be used to specify XML Templates or updategrams as the Command input with the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server.
  • Dialect property
    Dialect is a new property that defines the syntax and general rules that the provider uses to parse the string or stream.
  • Command.Execute method
    The Execute method of the ADO Command object has been enhanced to use streams for input and output.
  • Field statusvalues
    If the user encounters a DB_E_ERRORSOCCURRED error when modifying a Field of a Recordset, ADO will now fill the Field.Status property with the appropriate status information so that the user will have more information about what went wrong. See Status Property (ADO Field).
  • NamedParameters property
    NamedParameters is a new property of the Command object that indicates that the provider should use named parameters.
  • Resultsets in streams
    ADO can return resultsets from a data source in a Stream, rather than a Recordset object. Using the latest version of the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server, you can get XML results from the provider by executing a "For XML" query. A Stream that receives the resultset can be opened with a "For XML" command as the source. See Retrieving Resultsets into Streams.
  • Single row resultset
    The ADO Record object can now be opened on a command string or Command object that returns one row of data from the provider. This results in improved performance with MDAC 2.6 providers. See Open Method (ADO Record).

ADO 2.5

  • Record object
    ADO 2.5 introduces the Record object to represent and manage a row from a Recordset or a data provider, or an object encapsulating a semi-structured data, such as a file or directory.
  • Stream object
    ADO 2.5 also introduces the Stream object to represent a stream of binary or text data.
  • URL binding
    ADO 2.5 introduces the use of a URL, as an alternative to a connection string and command text, to name data store objects. A URL can be used with the existing Connection and Recordset objects, as well as with the new Record and Stream objects.
  • Data providers supporting URL binding
    ADO 2.5 supports OLE DB providers that recognize the URL schemes. This includes OLE DB Provider for Internet Publishing, which accesses the Windows 2000 file system and recognizes the existing HTTP scheme.